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About Katherine, Lady Berkeley
Katherine Berkeley, Lady Berkeley was an English benefactor and school founder in Gloucestershire. In 1384 she obtained a royal licence for a chantry school that today is called the Katharine Lady Berkeley's School. The school is said to be the first founded by a lay person, the first founded by a woman and the first to offer free education to anyone.
Everything about Katherine, Lady Berkeley →- Occupation
- educator
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of England
- Born
- 1300
- Died
- March 13, 1385