Caroline Spurgeon

| birth_place = India | death_date = | death_place = Tucson, Arizona, U.S. | occupation = literary critic, professor | education = Cheltenham Ladies' College
King's College London
University College London | employer = University of London
Bedford College, London | nationality = British | known_for = Expert on William Shakespeare and Geoffrey Chaucer | notable_works = ''Shakespeare's Imagery and What it Tells Us'' }} Caroline Frances Eleanor Spurgeon (24 October 1869, India – 24 October 1942, Tucson, Arizona) was an English literary critic. In 1913, she was appointed Hildred Carlisle Professor of English at the University of London and became head of the Department of English at Bedford College, London. She was the first woman to be awarded a chair at the University of London, and only the third in Britain (after Edith Morley and Millicent Mackenzie). She co-founded the International Federation of University Women with Virginia Gildersleeve. Provided by Wikipedia