Montessori, Maria, 1870-1952

Date Event
1870, Aug. 31 Born, Chiaravalle, Italy
1886-1890 Attended Regio Instituto Tecnico Leonardo da Vinci, Rome, Italy
1896 Graduated, medical program, University of Rome, Rome, Italy
1897 Joined the staff at the University of Rome, Rome, Italy, as a volunteer
1900 Directed school for challenged youth, Rome, Italy
1904-1906 Professor of anthropology, University of Rome, Rome, Italy
circa 1906 Started Casa dei Bambini, "Children's House," in San Lorenzo district, Rome, Italy
1913 Visited the United States
1922 Appointed government inspector of schools in Italy
1929 Founded Association Montessori International, Amsterdam, Netherlands
1934 Forced to leave Italy
1938 Opened Montessori Training Center, Laren, Netherlands
1947 Founded Montessori Center, London, England
1952, May 6 Died, Noordwijk, Netherlands

Maria Tecla Artemisia Montessori (/ˌmɒntɪˈsɔːri/ MON-tiss-OR-ee, Italian: [maˈriːa montesˈsɔːri]; 31 August 1870 – 6 May 1952) was an Italian physician and educator best known for her philosophy of education and her writing on scientific pedagogy. At an early age, Montessori enrolled in classes at an all-boys technical school, with hopes of becoming an engineer. She soon had a change of heart and began medical school at the Sapienza University of Rome, becoming one of the first women to attend medical school in Italy; she graduated with honors in 1896. Her educational method is in use today in many public and private schools globally. Montessori was born on 31 August 1870, in Chiaravalle, Italy. The Montessori family moved to Florence in 1873, then to Rome in 1875 because of her father's work. Montessori entered a public elementary school at the age of 6 in 1876. Her early school record was "not particularly noteworthy",[4] although she was awarded certificates for good behavior in the 1st grade and for "lavori donneschi", or "women's work", the next year.[5]

Secondary school
In 1883[6] or 1884,[7] at the age of 13, Montessori entered a secondary, technical school, Regia Scuola Tecnica Michelangelo Buonarroti, where she studied Italian, arithmetic, algebra, geometry, accounting, history, geography, and sciences. She graduated in 1886 with good grades and examination results. That year, at the age of 16, she continued at the technical institute Regio Istituto Tecnico Leonardo da Vinci, studying Italian, mathematics, history, geography, geometric and ornate drawing, physics, chemistry, botany, zoology, and two foreign languages. She did well in the sciences and especially in mathematics. Montessori died of a cerebral hemorrhage on 6 May 1952, at the age of 81 in Noordwijk aan Zee, the Netherlands.[98]