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104: 166:. By 1875 they had more than 900 students taking courses in the history of art, German and French literature, botany, physics, geology, chemistry and pedagogy. Archer had allowed two separate attempts at offering philosophy lectures, but after two teachers were considered unacceptable, the subject was abandoned. 149:
in Berlin, which opened in January 1869. Archer had organized teachers, funds to pay them and a board of directors. This was a pioneer institution, but it was launched with modest ambitions so as to not intimidate potential pupils. This was a private venture that was supported by
114:(27 September 1827 – 18 November 1882) was a German (originally Scottish) women's rights activist and educator. She played a significant part in the history of women's education in Germany. She is known as the founder of the 154:. The ambition was not to start a university but to provide lectures to women whose education had ceased after they left school. Archer, known as Miss Archer, gave some of the lectures but guests included 177:, who had like Archer been educated in England. Cotta introduced even more advanced courses, and the Lyceum trained many women to teach advanced courses at Prussia's 200 public schools for girls. 140:, was a notable artist. When she was 14 she went to live with two unmarried aunts and she attended a private school. Archer lived in Berlin since the mid-1850s, and worked as an English tutor. 290: 285: 275: 295: 237: 136:, Scotland, on 27 September 1827, the daughter of Andrew and Ann Archer, and was one of four children. Her elder brother, 280: 159: 151: 173:, Switzerland, where she was trying to recover from overwork. Her role in leading the Lyceum was taken on by 137: 305: 300: 233: 227: 155: 195:
Die Frauen des 19. Jahrhunderts, Biographisch u. culturhistorische Zeit- und Charaktergemälde
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Rita McWilliams Tullberg, "Cotta, Alix von (1842–1931)",
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Roderick R. McLean, "Archer, Georgina (1827–1882)",
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Georgiana Archer
Edinburgh
Scotland
Montreux
Switzerland

Victoria-Lyzeum
Berlin
Edinburgh
James Archer
Victoria-Lyzeum
Crown Princess Victoria
Friedrich Paulsen
Erich Schmidt
Hugo von Tschudi
Montreux
Alix von Cotta


accessed 29 December 2016.
Schooling German Girls and Women
ISBN
978-1-4008-5979-5
accessed 29 December 2016.
Categories
German women's rights activists
British emigrants
Immigrants to the Kingdom of Prussia
Educators from the Kingdom of Prussia
19th-century German educators

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