"Miss Porter" in the DNB

This afternoon I transcribed the article on Edward Montagu, 2nd Earl of Manchester, in the Dictionary of National Biography. He was born a year or so before the period we are slowly building up to. My problem is not with Manchester, though: it is with the author of the article, which is signed "B. P.".

The contributor list for volume 38 shows "B. P." to be a "Miss Porter". So who is Miss Porter? I find her Christian name was Bertha. A little more research finds this article, which says she live 1852-1941, was an
employee of the DNB, was a "professional bibliographer" and edited the Topographical Bibliography of
ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphic Texts, Reliefs, and Paintings. More looking about indicates that she became an expert on the antiquities of Egyptian Thebes. I must look for her obituary, which was published in The Times, January 22, 1941.

(Update: the obit is available in the Times archives, but their rates are a bit steep -- $130 per year. If you already have a subscription, and you happen to go to the Times Archive search page and search for Bertha Porter on January 22, 1941, I'd appreciate a report.)

It is strange where Saturday-night recreational reading can take you.