Dr. Edith Clara Batho (21 September 1895 – 21 January 1986) was Principal of Royal Holloway College, University of London (RHC) from 1945 to 1962.
[citation needed] After the First World War she taught at Roedean, returning to UCL in 1921 as an Assistant in English.
Her first task was to restore the college following disruption of the war years and expand the residential space as post-war demand for university places increased.
(The college had been partially occupied by the women's ATS Officer Cadets' Training Unit (OCTU) during the war.)
[1] RHC planned expansion at that time to 1,000 students split equally between men and women.