Ellen Mary Knox

Ellen Mary Knox (October 4, 1858 — January 24, 1924) was an English-born Canadian educator and school administrator, the first principal of Havergal College in Toronto.

Ellen Mary Knox was born in Waddon, Surrey, England, the daughter of the Rev.

George Knox and Frances Mary Ann, daughter of Thomas Forbes Reynolds, M.D.

[6] "The success of the school during its first thirty years was largely the result of her drive and personality," concluded a biographer of her colleague, Henry John Cody.

[7] Published works by Ellen Mary Knox include Acts of the Apostles: Bible Lessons for School Children (1908),[8] Canadian Education and the War, The Girl of the New Day (1919), about the role of young women in Canada after World War I,[9][10] and A Girl's Week of Prayer (1920).