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Alexander Graham Bell - inventor, he and his wife Mabel founded the Montessori Education Association in 1913. They also provided financial support directly to Dr. Montessori and helped establish the first Montessori class in Canada and one of the first in the United States |
| Fred Rogers - children's TV personality, strong supporter of Montessori education |
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Thomas Edison - noted scientist and inventor, helped found a Montessori school |
| President Wilson's daughter trained as a Montessori teacher. There was a Montessori classroom in the basement of the White House during Wilson's presidency |
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Alice Waters - restaurateur and writer, is a former Montessori teacher |
| Bruno Bettelheim - noted psychologist/author, was married to a Montessori teacher |
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Erik Erikson - noted anthropologist/author, had a Montessori teaching certificate |
| Jean Piaget - noted Swiss psychologist, made his first observations of children in a Montessori school. He was also head of the Swiss Montessori Society for many years. |
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Robert Frost - Poet Laureate. One of Americas best read poets. |
| Jeff Bezos -founder of Amazon.com |
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Gabriel Garcia Marquez -Nobel Prize-winning novelist |
| Sergey Brin and Larry Page -co-founders of Google who credit their Montessori education for much of their success |
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Cher - singer-actress |
| John Bradshaw - psychologist and author |
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Bill & Hillary Clinton - former President/NY State Senator |
| Michael Douglas - actor |
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