Old Photograph Tennis Courts St Leonards School St Andrews Fife Scotland

Old photograph of tennis courts by St Leonards School in St Andrews, Fife, Scotland. St Leonards School, formerly St Leonards and St Katherines School, is an independent school, founded by the University of St Andrews in the nineteenth century. Dame Louisa Lumsden was appointed the School's first Headmistress in 1877. Louisa was born on 31 December 1840 in Aberdeen. She was a pioneer of female education. Louisa was a student and a tutor in classics at Girton College, Cambridge, England. Headmistress of St Leonards School, Fife, and the first warden of University Hall, University of St Andrews. She is credited with introducing lacrosse to St Leonards School.





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