Caroline Southwood Hill

Caroline Southwood Hill (née Smith; 21 March 1809 – 31 December 1902) was an English educationalist and writer.

In 1837 she established and ran a Pestalozzian infant school in Wisbech; the building now survives as part of the Angles Theatre.

She wrote three children's books and contributed works to a range of publications such as The Nineteenth Century and Charles Dickens's Household Words.

[2] She was the daughter of Thomas Southwood Smith (1788–1861), a physician and sanitary reformer.

In 1832 she became governess to the six surviving children of James Hill, and after the death of his second wife Eliza (1802-1832) they married on 21 July 1835.

Caroline Southwood Hill