Beatrice Mulliner

Dame Emmeline Tanner DBE (1876-1955): teacher, headmistress & educational reformer

Emmeline Mary Tanner was born on 28 December 1876 at Locksbrook Place, Weston, Bath, Somerset. The eldest of seven children born to Samuel Thomas Tanner, a coal merchant, and Jeanetta Jane (née Fry). At the age of 13, Emmeline became a student teacher and went on to teach at private schools in Birmingham, Southampton, and … Read more

Beatrice Mulliner (1866-1940): first headmistress of Sherborne School for Girls

In 1899, Beatrice Mulliner was appointed the first Headmistress of Sherborne School for Girls, a post she held for thirty years. Beatrice oversaw the growth of the school from 14 pupils when it first opened on 20 September 1899 at Ramsam House to 287 pupils when she left in 1929. From 1929 until her death in 1940, Beatrice … Read more