Katharine Whitehorn

| image = Katharine Whitehorn.jpg | birth_name = Katharine Elizabeth Whitehorn | birth_date = | birth_place = Hendon, Middlesex, England | death_date = | death_place = London, England | alma_mater = Newnham College, Cambridge | occupation = | years_active = 1956–2017 | spouse = | children = 2 | known_for = First female rector of a Scottish university }} Katharine Elizabeth Whitehorn (2 March 19288 January 2021) was a British journalist, columnist, author and radio presenter. She was the first woman to have a column in ''The Observer'', which ran from 1963 to 1996 and from 2011 to 2017. She was the first female rector of a university in Scotland. Her books include ''Cooking in a Bedsitter'' (1961). Provided by Wikipedia