Jean Wilks CBE (born April 1917, died July 2014) was a former headmistress at The Hertfordshire and Essex High School and King Edward VI High School for Girls. She studied at North London Collegiate School and Somerville College, Oxford, where she was later made an honorary fellow. During her career she served as governor and adviser to the Schools' Council, on the Public Schools Commission, as president of the Association of Headmistresses, and as the first female Pro-Chancellor of Birmingham University. On her retirement in 1977 she was appointed CBE for services to education.
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April 1917 (age 108)
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