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,...
In 1466 the school attached to the church of St Dunstan in the East was one of the five recognised grammar schools in the City of London. In 1888 this boys independent school was moved out to Catfo...
From our Image Source, the Camden New Journal, we learn than Sally Peltier was born in Buckinghamshire and that her father, Eric Anson, was a farm manager. Due to his job, the family moved frequent...
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Film actor. Born in Southfields, London. Her career spanned over fifty years. Played Elizabeth the servant in Gaslight (1944). Her day of birth is given as 19 or 9, depending on source.
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