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Caroline Rigg

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Caroline Rigg
Born(1852-08-26)26 August 1852
Died16 December 1929(1929-12-16) (aged 77)
Brixton, London, England
NationalityBritish
Known forfounding head of the Mary Datchelor School
SuccessorDorothy Brock

Caroline Rigg (26 August 1852 – 16 December 1929) was a British headmistress. She was the founding head of the Mary Datchelor School.

Life

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Rigg was born in Guernsey in 1852. She was the first child of Caroline and Dr James Harrison Rigg. Her father was a Wesleyan minister but in time he led Westminster Training College. Her father was keen for her to follow him into teaching.[1]

Rigg was the founding head of the Mary Datchelor School in 1877 after spending four years leading a Hammersmith board school.[1]

In 1883 she was invited to become a member of the Association of Head Mistresses (AHM) by its founder Frances Buss.[2]

Dorothy Brock was appointed to succeed her as the head of the Mary Datchelor school in 1918.[3]

Rigg died in Brixton in 1929 leaving a bequest to support girls who wanted to go to university.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Matthew, H. C. G.; Harrison, B., eds. (2004-09-23). "The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. pp. ref:odnb/51759. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/51759. Retrieved 2022-08-20. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  2. ^ Jacobs, Andrea; et al. (2007). "The Music Teacher in English Girls' Secondary Schools before 1939" (PDF). Women's History Network (Spring): 15–17.
  3. ^ Matthew, H. C. G.; Harrison, B., eds. (2004-09-23). "The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. pp. ref:odnb/51970. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/51970. Retrieved 2022-08-20. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)