Updated Feb 20, 2026
Details
Birthday
(Tuesday)
Died
Birthplace
Whittingehame, United Kingdom
Nationality
Languages
English
Spouse
Henry Sidgwick (1876)
Parents
James Maitland Balfour, Lady Blanche Gascoyne-Cecil
Education
Newnham College
Zodiac Sign
♓ Pisces
Chinese Zodiac
蛇 Snake
Name Origin
English < Proto-West Germanic (*Audamār)
Popularity
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Eleanor Mildred Sidgwick: British mathematician & college principal (1845-1936).
Born in Whittingehame (died at age 90).
Studied at Newnham College.
The name Eleanor means riches + fame + light.
Biography
Eleanor Mildred Sidgwick was a physics researcher assisting Lord Rayleigh, an activist for the higher education of women, Principal of Newnham College of the University of Cambridge, and a leading figure in the Society for Psychical Research.
Connections (9)
Sibling of
Francis Maitland Balfour
Sibling of
Gerald Balfour, 2nd Earl of Balfour
Sibling of
Eustace Balfour
Sibling of
Alice Blanche Balfour
Sibling of
Evelyn Strutt, Baroness Rayleigh of Terling Place
Spouse of
Henry Sidgwick
Child of
James Maitland Balfour
Child of
Lady Blanche Gascoyne-Cecil
Sibling of
Arthur Balfour
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Eleanor Mildred Sidgwick was born in Whittingehame.
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