91³Ô¹ÏÍø

Person    | Female  Born 25/3/1859  Died 25/3/1917

Rachel McMillan

Categories: Education, Social Welfare

Countries: USA

Rachel McMillan

Health visitor and educator. Born at Throggs Neck, Westchester county, New York. Both her parents were from Scotland, and the family returned there when her father died. She and her sister Margaret opened an experimental school clinic in Bow, but their most famous enterprise, was the Deptford Camp School, which was primarily for the education of the working classes. Although she was given credit as the driving force behind these ventures, she in fact was merely supporting the vision of her sister. Died at her home, 353 Evelyn Street, Deptford.

Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk

Comments are provided by Facebook, please ensure you are signed in to see them

This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Rachel McMillan

Commemorated ati

Margaret and Rachel McMillan

Margaret McMillan C.H, C.B.E, 1860 - 1931, & Rachel McMillan, 1859 - 1917...

91³Ô¹ÏÍø

Other Subjects

Bethnal Green School

Bethnal Green School

In 1868 the Bethnal Green Poor Law Guardians bought Leytonstone House in its 8 acres and developed the site to provide a large children's home, Bethnal Green School. This 1893 map shows the layout ...

Building, Children, Education

1 memorial
Downhills Primary School

Downhills Primary School

Multi-national school with 94% of its pupils drawn from ethnic minorities and 70% taught English as an additional language. In 2012, the then Education Secretary Michael Gove cited that the school ...

Place, Education

1 memorial
S. R. Pearce

S. R. Pearce

1893 Superintendent of the Metropolitan Tabernacle Sunday School.

Person, Education, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
Janet Johnson

Janet Johnson

Welfare worker. All we can find out about her is contained in her plaque in Redcross Street where she lived. She was the manager of the Central London School for Orphans and Destitute Children at H...

Person, Community / Clubs, Education

1 memorial
Sir Ralph Turner

Sir Ralph Turner

Professor of Indian languages. Born Charlton, London. Officer in the 3rd Gurkha Rifles. Won Military Cross in Palestine. Died at home, Bishop's Stortford.

Person, Armed Forces, Education, India, Nepal, Pakistan

1 memorial