Thatcher, Barbara M., c. 1920s-2012, senior lecturer at University of Strathclyde

Barbara Thatcher was a lecturer in business at the Scottish College of Commerce and then a senior lecturer in economic history at the University of Strathclyde.

Thatcher graduated with a BCom degree in history from London. In 1949, she was appointed to lecture in the business administration department at the Scottish College of Commerce. Thatcher became the College’s Adviser to Women Students in 1963. The Scottish College of Commerce merged with the University of Strathclyde in 1964 and so Thatcher joined the University and became the first woman lecturer in the economic history department. She became a senior lecturer before retiring in late September 1981. In 1982, she became an honorary lecturer in the Department of History at Strathclyde. She maintained this position until 1987.

During her retirement Thatcher made ecclesiastical history as she became one of the first Episcopal women priests to be ordained in Scotland in 1995.

She died in 2012.

ISAAR(CPF): International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families, International Council on Archives (2nd edition, 2003); Rules for the construction of personal, place and corporate names, National Council on Archives (1997).

Written and researched by Madeline Robertson, placement student, and uploaded by Rachael Jones, March 2024.

• University of Strathclyde Calendars
• University of Strathclyde staff magazines: (Bulletin no.86 : OS/81/2, Stop Press: OS/82, Prism no.114 OS/83/1.)
• Scottish College of Commerce, Minute Book (Reference: OH/2/1/18)
• Scottish College of Commerce, Calendar of Day Classes (Reference: OH/2/4, 1958 - 1964)
• In November 2019 a booklet was published entitled ‘The Scottish Episcopal Church Called By Name - Reflections from the first women priests’. This booklet marked the 25th Anniversary of the first women priests in the Scottish Episcopal Church. Thatcher was commemorated in it.