Rentoul, Annie Rattray (1882–1978)
Rentoul, Annie Rattray (1882–1978)
Australian educator and writer. Born Annie Rattray Rentoul, Sept 22, 1882; died 1978; dau. of John Laurence Rentoul (Presbyterian moderator-general and professor of theology) and Annie Isobel Rentoul (amateur watercolorist); elder sister of artist Ida Rentoul Outhwaite (1888–1960).
Became the 1st student at Presbyterian Ladies' College (PLC) to take the classics exhibition (1902); went on to earn a 1st-class honors degree at University of Melbourne (1905), as well as winning the Wyselaskie Scholarship in Classics and Logic and sharing the Higgins prize for poetry; her many published fairy stories proved lastingly popular.
See also Women in World History.
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