Sister Gregory Kirkus
English Roman Catholic nun, academic / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Sister Gregory Kirkus (9 November 1910 – 30 August 2007) was an English Roman Catholic nun, educator, historian and archivist.
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Born as Phyllis Kirkus in York, she was a historian of English convent life whose own biographical work has provided research tools for historians of the English recusant period. Sister Gregory presided over a collection of antique books, artefacts and manuscripts at the Bar Convent in York, the oldest convent in England, and a girls' school from 1686 to 1985.