Marie Pedersen, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Norwegian educator and author
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Place of Birth: Trondheim, Sør-Trøndelag, Norway
About Marie Pedersen
- Marie Lovise Pedersen (16 January 1893 – 27 July 1990) was a Norwegian aided education pedagogue. She was born in Trondheim to Hans Martinius Pedersen and Christine Elisabeth Andersen, and was a sister of architect Sverre Pedersen and metallurgist Harald Pedersen.
- She died in Trondheim in 1990.Pedersen graduated as teacher in 1913, and received further education from the University of Geneva and the University of Zurich.
- She was teacher and headmaster of the Trondheim school of special education.
- From 1939 to 1962 she served as director of the Directorate for special schools (Norwegian: Direktoratet for spesialskolene).
- She wrote the book Intelligensprøving av barn in 1933, and was co-author of De evnesvake i skole og samfunn from 1946.
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