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Eleanor F. (Eleanor Frances) Jourdain
1863–1924
Best remembered as an Oxford college principal and co-author of the strange Versailles story later published as An Adventure, she combined serious academic work with a lifelong interest in unusual spiritual questions.
2 Audiobooks
An Adventure
by C. A. E. (Charlotte Anne Elizabeth) Moberly, Eleanor F. (Eleanor Frances) Jourdain
On the theory of the infinite in modern thought : Two introductory studies
by Eleanor F. (Eleanor Frances) Jourdain
About the author
Born in Ashbourne, Derbyshire, in 1863, Eleanor Frances Jourdain was an English academic and author who built her career in women's higher education. She studied at Oxford and went on to become Principal of St Hugh's College, Oxford, serving from 1915 until 1924.
Alongside her academic work, she became widely known for her collaboration with Charlotte Anne Moberly on An Adventure, a book based on their claim that during a visit to Versailles they experienced scenes from the era of the French Revolution. That episode made her a lasting figure in both paranormal lore and literary curiosity.
Jourdain died in Oxford in 1924. Her life is remembered for the unusual mix of scholarship, college leadership, and the enduring mystery attached to her name.