Samuel Wilderspin
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Samuel Wilderspin was an English educator known for his pioneering work on infant schools. His belief was that a child should be encouraged to learn through experience, and to development in feelings
Samuel Wilderspin, 1848 engraving after John Rogers Herbert
David Stow
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David Stow was a Scottish educationalist.
Samuel Wilderspin
…Green in Westminster. With his wife Sarah Anne, Wilderspin ran an infant school in Spitalfields, London, from 1820. This school particularly impressed David Stow, who invited Wilderspin to Glasgow to lecture on it. Wilderspin published On the Importance of Educating the Infant Poor in 1823, based on his experiences…
David Stow