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'''Mary Carpenter,''' (1807-1877), Christian philanthropist and social reformer active in England, U.S.A. and India in the 19th century.
'''Mary Carpenter,''' (1807-1877), [[Christian]] philanthropist and social reformer active in England, U.S.A. and India in the 19th century.
The eldest of six children of a Unitarian minister, Dr Lant Carpenter, Mary was born in Exeter, Devon, England, where her father ran a school. Soon the family moved to Bristol where her mother ran a school for boys and her father founded a philosophical society. Her father strongly supported education for girls as well as boys, and Mary studied Latin, Greek, science, natural history and mathematics.
The eldest of six children of a Unitarian minister, Dr Lant Carpenter, Mary was born in Exeter, Devon, England, where her father ran a school. Soon the family moved to Bristol where her mother ran a school for boys and her father founded a philosophical society. Her father strongly supported education for girls as well as boys, and Mary studied Latin, Greek, science, natural history and mathematics.