Jane Agnes Chessar [SEP] date of death
Jane Chessar
Jane Agnes Chessar (1835, Edinburgh – 3 September 1880, Brussels) was a British teacher and educationalist.
Life.
Educated at private schools in Edinburgh, Chessar travelled to London in 1851 to train as a teacher. Early in 1852 she took charge of a class at the Home and Colonial Training College, raising the reputation of the college over the next fifteen years. After ill-health forced her to resign this position in 1866, she occupied her time giving lectures and private tuition. She
the second elections were held, in 1873, Garrett and Davies stood down, to be replaced by Jane Agnes Chessar and Alice Cowell, while in 1876, Florence Fenwick Miller, Elizabeth Surr, Helen Taylor and Alice Westlake all won election.
One measure of the LSB's importance can be seen in the number of notable figures who stood for election to the board. The board attracted a number of the leading figures of the day, including the scientist Thomas Huxley, Helen Taylor, stepdaughter of John Stuart Mill, and