Eleanor Jourdain

Eleanor Jourdain
Born
Eleanor Frances Jourdain

(1863-11-16)16 November 1863
Ashbourne, Derbyshire
Died6 April 1924(1924-04-06) (aged 60)
Oxford, Oxfordshire
Resting placeWolvercote Cemetery, Oxford
Alma materLady Margaret Hall, Oxford
University of Paris
Occupations
  • Teacher
  • academic
  • author
Known forThe Moberly–Jourdain incident
RelativesPhilip Jourdain (brother)
Charles Clay (maternal grandfather)
Principal of St Hugh's College, Oxford
In office
1915–1924
Preceded byCharlotte Anne Moberly
Succeeded byBarbara Gwyer

Eleanor Frances Jourdain (16 November 1863 – 6 April 1924) was an English academic, Principal of St Hugh's College, Oxford, 1915 to 1924. She died of a sudden heart attack after being forced to resign her post.

Jourdain rose to fame for claiming that she and fellow-teacher Charlotte Anne Moberly had slipped back in time to the period of the French Revolution while on a trip to Versailles, known as the Moberly–Jourdain incident.

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