Pioneer of Physical Education for Women. A Swedish supporter of women's rights who settled in London in 1881. She was appointed Superintendent of Physical Education for London's public schools. William Charles Niblett was her brother-in-law.
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Martina Bergman Ősterberg
Martina Bergman Ősterberg 1849-1915, Pioneer of Physical Education for Women,...
Founded by William Ward. On the Carelite site 1894 to 1969 and then moved to the Barbican.
In 1863 five noblemen of the Choshu clan left Japan to study at UCL. No one from Japan had previously studied outside their own country and they had to keep their departure hidden from the governme...
From AIM: "Medical students at St Bartholomew's Hospital are first recorded in 1662. The School and the Hospital were formally separated in 1921, when the School was incorporated with a new title,...
Trained as a minister but worked as a tutor. Elected Fellow of the Royal Society through his friendship with Isaac Newton. Unmarried. Died in Coleman Street. Buried in Bunhill burial ground.
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