Isobel Henderson

[3]: 70  As a student she was a pupil of Gilbert Murray, with whom she maintained a close relationship, eventually becoming his literary executor,[2]: 213  and contributing an entry on him to The Dictionary of National Biography, Supplement 1951-50.

[5]: 310  She taught Roman History at the college for the remainder of her career, and was praised as a 'fascinating, difficult, and inspiring' teacher.

"[11]: 244  In 1950 she also became an elector to the Cambridge Chair of Spanish, reflecting her other research interests in Hispanic Studies.

[1] Following this visit she was invited to contribute the Loeb Classical Library edition and translation of Cicero's Commentariolum petitionis, but died before this work was completed (it was published posthumously with revisions by E. H.

[1] In 1977 a Memorial Fund in her honour was established at Somerville, through contributions from her pupils and colleagues, for the purchase of library books on fine arts and music.