Iris Habib Elmasry

Iris Habib Elmasry
Iris Habib Elmasry
إيريس حبيب المصري
Born	1910; Egypt
Died	2 July 1994 (aged 83–84); Egypt
Education	B.A. (Education), Maria Grey College, University of London (1932); Research, Dropsie College, Philadelphia (1952–1954); Research at National Gallery, London (1955);
Occupations	Historian; theologian; educator; politician; writer
Known for	Her nine-volume The Story of the Copts; contributions to Coptic feminine theology; public service to Coptic Church
Notable work	The Story of the Copts; Introduction to the Coptic Church; The Modern Woman Facing Christ; Women in the Church; The Pharaonic Influence on Modern Coptic Life; Why Did We Forget?; Once Again, the Woman;
Father	Habib Pasha Elmasry (secretary of the General Congregation Council of the Coptic Church)
Relatives	Two brothers (Amin, Sami); sisters Eva, Soraya, Dora
Awards	Appointed female delegate to Second Assembly of the World Council of Churches (1954); Secretary for correspondence to WCC under Pope Yousab II; Counselor to young Coptic women under Pope Kyrillos VI; Member of synaxarium committee under Pope Shenouda III

Iris Habib Elmasry (إيريس حبيب المصري) (alternate spellings Iris Habib Elmasri, Iris Habib El-Masri, Iris Habib El-Masry) was a prominent Coptic Historian (1910–1994).