Anne Mueller (British civil servant)
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Dame Anne Elisabeth Mueller, DCB
, MA (15 October 1930 – 8 July 2000) was a British civil servant and academic. She was described as "the most successful woman civil servant of her generation".
, where she read philosophy, politics and economics.
(Leicester) from 1991 until 1995.
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Order of the Bath
The Most Honourable Order of the Bath is a British order of chivalry founded by George I on 18 May 1725. The name derives from the elaborate mediæval ceremony for creating a knight, which involved bathing as one of its elements. The knights so created were known as Knights of the Bath...
, MA (15 October 1930 – 8 July 2000) was a British civil servant and academic. She was described as "the most successful woman civil servant of her generation".
Early years
She was born in Bombay to a German businessman father and an English mother who had met and married in India. She won a scholarship to Somerville College, OxfordSomerville College, Oxford
Somerville College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England, and was one of the first women's colleges to be founded there...
, where she read philosophy, politics and economics.
Career
She joined the civil service in 1953, entering the Ministry of Labour and National Service. She was later named an undersecretary at the Department of Industry (DoI) in 1972, and later a deputy secretary in 1977. She was Chancellor of De Montfort UniversityDe Montfort University
De Montfort University is a public research and teaching university situated in the medieval Old Town of Leicester, England, adjacent to the River Soar and the Leicester Castle Gardens...
(Leicester) from 1991 until 1995.
Death
Dame Anne Mueller died in 2000, aged 69, following a long battle with Parkinson's diseaseParkinson's disease
Parkinson's disease is a degenerative disorder of the central nervous system...
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