August 31, 1870| Chiaravalle (Ancona), Italy |Died||May 6, 1952
|Resting place||Noordwijk, Netherlands| |Education||University
of Rome La Sapienza Medical School| |Occupation||Physician and
educator| |Known for||Founder of the Montessori method of
education| |Children||Mario Montessori Sr.| Maria Tecla
Artemesia Montessori (August 31, 1870 – May 6, 1952) was an
Italian physician and educator, a noted humanitarian and devout
Roman Catholic best known for the philosophy of education that
bears her name, and her writing on scientific pedagogy. Her
educational method is in use today in public and private schools
throughout the world. Life and career  Birth and family
Montessori was born in Chiaravalle, Italy. Her father,
Alessandro Montessori, 33 years old at the time, was an official
of the Ministry of Finance working in the local state-run
tobacco factory. Her mother, Renilde Stoppani, 25 years old, was
well educated for the times and was probably related to Italian
geologist and paleontologist Antonio Stoppan