Margaret Ursula Mee: A Life Dedicated to Art and Conservation Early Life and Education Margaret Ursula Brown (later Mee) was born on May 22, 1909, in Whitehill, United Kingdom. She attended Dr Challoner's Grammar School, Amersham, followed by The School of Art, Science and Commerce, Watford. Early political awareness developed during her time in Berlin in 1933 witnessing the rise of Nazism. During World War II, she worked as a draughtswoman at the de Havilland aircraft factory. Post-war, she studied art at St Martin's School of Art and Camberwell School of Arts and Crafts, receivi…