Career
Her brother was Joseph Donald Collier Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons. She was educated at Ellerslie Ladies" College, Manchester and Newnham College, Cambridge from 1880 to 1883, passing the Mathematical Tripos in 1883. She was College Lecturer in Mathematics from 1883 to 1925 and Director of Studies 1883–1920. She was College Vice-Principal 1920-1925, and a College Associate from 1893 to 1917.