Carol Handley

Carol Margaret Handley (née Taylor; 17 October 1929 – 21 June 2024) was a British educator who was headmistress of Camden School for Girls (1971–1985) and president of the Classical Association (1996–1997).

[1][2] After completing her Classics BA at UCL in 1951, Handley began her teaching career at Queen's Gate School, London in 1952.

Throughout this time Handley was involved with the Joint Association of Classical Teachers, and was co-founder with David Raeburn and John Sharwood Smith of the JACT Greek summer school in 1968.

[4] From 1991 to 2005, Handley was the director of the Reading Greek courses at the Institute of Continuing Education, Cambridge.

[6] During this time Handley became president of the Classical Association in 1996, and her presidential address in 1997 was published as Things That Matter.