Emilie Michaelis

Emilie Louise Michaelis (1834-1904)[1] was German-born pioneer of the kindergarten system in England, and a translator, editor, and promoter of Froebel's writings.[2] In 1875, she started one of the first English kindergartens in Croydon, London, and later a training college for teachers, which became Froebel College.[3] She was described as the 'chief exponent of Froebelianism in England'[4] and coined the phrase 'nursery school' in translation from Froebel.[5]

Emilie Louise Michaelis
Born1834
Thuringia, Germany
Died1904
Rotherfield, Sussex
NationalityGerman
CitizenshipBritish
OccupationTeacher, educationist
OrganizationThe Froebel Society (President)
Known forPromotion of the ideas of Friedrich Fröbel

Life

Emilie Michaelis was born in Thuringia, Germany, and was a pupil of Bertha von Marenholtz-Bülow, who had herself been a student of Friedrich Fröbel.[2]

Michaelis travelled to England in the 1870s, intending to promote the principles of kindergarten education.[2] In 1875, she was a founding member of the Froebel Society of London, on a committee which included Emily Shirreff, Maria Georgina Grey, Frances Buss, and Adelaide Manning.[6] She was president of the Society 1897–1900.[7]

In 1891, Michaelis started a kindergarten and training college for kindergarten teachers in Notting Hill, which became the Froebel Educational Institute in West Kensington.[2] The Froebel Educational Institute, on Talgarth Road, West Kensington, officially opened on 20 September 1894.[8] Emilie Michaelis was its first principal, retiring four years before her death.[2] Following her retirement, she continued to actively promote the values of Froebelian education, lecturing and examining widely.[4]

Emilie Michaelis died on 30 December 1904.[9]

References
  1. "Emilie Michaelis (1834–1904), the First Principal of Froebel College (1892–1901) | Art UK". www.artuk.org. Retrieved 2020-12-01.
  2. "Kindergarten Pioneer: Death of Madame Michaelis". London Daily News. 3 January 1905.
  3. "Froebel College | History". Roehampton University. Retrieved 2020-12-01.
  4. "The Late Madame Michaelis". Westminster Gazette. 3 January 1905.
  5. "Michaelis; Emilie (1834-1904); Madame; Educationalist". www.nhm.ac.uk. Retrieved 2020-12-01.
  6. Ellsworth, Edward W. (1979). Liberators of the female mind : the Shirreff sisters, educational reform, and the women's movement. Internet Archive. Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press. ISBN 978-0-313-20644-3.
  7. Friedrich Froebel and English education. Lawrence, Evelyn. London. ISBN 978-0-203-13852-6. OCLC 1082225588.CS1 maint: others (link)
  8. "Froebel College". aim25.com. Retrieved 2020-12-01.
  9. "Madame Michaelis". Child Life. 7: 63. 1905.
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