Dr Maria Montessori - the famous educationalist founder of the system of teaching that bears her name - has returned to London after a tour of Europe during which she has given radio lectures on the Social Question of the Child . Dr Montessori established the first Montessori School in Britain in 1912 and her new methods of child teaching have made remarkable progress since she first began her work among the poor children of Rome thirty years ago . Photo shows Dr Maria Montessori - the famous educationalist - at Hampstead where , at the Montessori Training School , she is to conduct an international course for teachers August 11th 1935