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Pat Hiddleston (9 May 1933 to 8 December 2017) was a teacher and mathematician. She was awarded the Napier medal in mathematics and graduated from Edinburgh University in 1956.

Early life
As soon as she graduated, she married George Hiddleston of Kirkcudbright. George secured a post in Northern Rhodesia through the Colonial Office and they lived there until 1970. During this time, Pat studied and gained a doctorate from the University of South Africa.

Career
When she returned to Edinburgh, she took up the post as headmistress of St. Margaret's School.

In 1984, she became principal of Durban Girls College and was instrumental in ensuring multiracial inclusiveness in the school at the end of the apartheid era.

In 1988, she took up a post at the University of Malawi and keenly encouraged girls to join the mathematics and sciences courses. She was also involved in teacher training.

After the death of her husband in 1995, she became an education consultant and travelled the world making recommendations to governments on improving their teacher training and promoting girls in science.

Death
She was still working at 82 when she was diagnosed with ovarian cancer, from which she died in 2017.

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 * Malawi
 * Isle of Skye

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