Guess who attended a
Montessori School as a child?
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Larry Page and Sergey Brin, cofounders of Google.com |
Julia Child, famous chef, star of many TV cooking shows and
author of numerous cookbooks |
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Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis (deceased), editor,
former first lady (John F. Kennedy) |
Anne Frank, famous diarist from World War
II |
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Melissa and Sarah Gilbert, actors |
Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Nobel Prize winner for
Literature |
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Jeff Bezos, financial analyst, founder, Amazon.com |
Elizabeth Berridge, actress (Constanze in Amadeus) |
Guess who chose a Montessori
School for their children?
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Patty Duke Austin, actress |
Marcy Carcy, TV producer |
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Yo Yo Ma, cellist |
Michael Douglas, actor |
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Shari Lewis, puppeteer |
Dick Ebersol and Susan St. James,
television executive and actress |
Other Montessori Connections
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Alexander Graham Bell, noted inventor, provided financial support
directly to Dr. Montessori. Helped establish the first Montessori class in
Canada and one of the first in the United States. |
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Thomas Edison, noted scientist and inventor, helped to found
a Montessori school |
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Jean Piaget, noted Swiss psychologist, made his first
observations of children in a Montessori school. |
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Erik Erikson, anthropologist/author, had a Montessori
teaching certificate. |
Source: Grand
Traverse Montessori Academy
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