About Eva Gilpin
Lived 1868 – 1940 (aged 72). Eva Gilpin was a British head teacher, pedagogue and governess.
Eva Margaret Gilpin, known as Lady Sadler upon her marriage, (25 March 1868 – 23 September 1940) was a British headmistress and educationist. She founded the Hall school in Weybridge.
Life Gilpin was born in Nottingham in 1868. Her Quaker parents were Margaret (born Binns) and Edmund Octavius Gilpin. Her family had several notable members including her younger brother Harry Gilpin. She was given a Quaker education at Ackworth School where there was learning tracts and the art classes concentrated on the means of production.
Gilpin died in 1940 at her home in Headington. The year before "her" school had moved to Bratton Seymour in Somerset because of the war. The school remained there until it was closed in 1983.
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Who was Eva Gilpin?
headmistress and educationist
When was Eva Gilpin born?
Eva Gilpin was born on 25 March 1868 in Nottingham.
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Eva Gilpin died on 23 September 1940 in Headington.
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Eva Gilpin was a head teacher, pedagogue and governess.
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Eva Gilpin was British.
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