Barbara and her sisters received private tutoring from the Swedenborgian James Buchanan
, whose educational practices were both unconventional and effective.
Burton, Hester. Barbara Bodichon, 1827-1891. John Murray, 1949.
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Occupation
Barbara Leigh Smith Bodichon
Smith's father also gave her title to the Westminster Infant School
in Vincent Square. The school was defunct, but she decided to start a new elementary school based on the Birkbeck school
model and...
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5 August 1858: The first effective transatlantic telegraph...
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5 August 1858
The first effective transatlantic telegraph cable was laid between Ireland and Newfoundland. During the celebrations, Queen Victoria
and President James Buchanan
exchanged messages over the cable.
Chisholm, Hugh, editor. Encyclopaedia Britannica. Eleventh, Cambridge University Press, 1911.
26: 527-8
Standage, Tom. The Victorian Internet. Walker and Company, 1998.
