Ellen Pinsent

Ellen Pinsent

Dame Ellen Frances Pinsent DBE (née Parker; 26 March 1866-1949) was a British mental health worker.

She was the daughter of the Rev. Richard Parker and his second wife, Elizabeth Coffin. She married Hume Chancellor Pinsent (a descendant of the philosopher David Hume). Their only daughter, Hester Adrian was also made DBE for her work with mental health, and married the Nobel-prize winner Edgar Douglas Adrian, 1st Baron Adrian.

The Dame Ellen Pinsent Special Primary School for children with learning disabilities in Birmingham is named for her.

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* cite journal
last = Anna
first = Brown
year = 2005
title = Ellen Pinsent: including the ‘feebleminded’ in Birmingham, 1900–19131
journal = History of Education
volume = 34
issue = 5
pages = 535
doi = 10.1080/00467600500221240
format = full text


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