Jane Martineau
College administrator
About Jane Martineau
Lived 1812 – 1882 (aged 70). Jane Martineau was an administrator.
Jane Martineau (1812 – 2 January 1882) was a British college administrator, and the founding administrator of Bedford College, London.
Life Jane Martineau was born in London, the first child of seven born to sugar refiner and mechanical engineer John Martineau (1789–1832), and Jane (née Taylor; 1792–1868). After Reid's death, Martineau and her fellow trustees took control of Bedford College. With one of these, Eliza Bostock, Martineau brought about the closure of the college's attached school, so as to focus on higher education for women.
She died at her home in Hyde Park, London, on 2 January 1882.
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Who was Jane Martineau?
college administrator (1812–1882)
When was Jane Martineau born?
Jane Martineau was born on 17 January 1812.
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Jane Martineau died on 17 January 1882.
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Jane Martineau was an administrator.
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