Esther de Gélieu (20 September 1757 - 13 June 1817), was a Swiss educator. She managed a girls' school in Neuchâtel until she was employed as the first principal of the first girls' college in Germany (1782-1786), the Karolinen-Gymnasium in

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. In 1786, she was employed as governess at the court of the counts of

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. She later managed a school for girls in

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, where she helped teach Isabelle Morel.

References

* Hans Maisel: ''Geschichte des kurpfälzischen Philanthropins zu Frankenthal (1780–1799)''. Nach amtlichen Quellen bearbeitet nebst erziehungsgeschichtlicher Einleitung und Beiträgen zur Geschichte der Stadt Frankenthal. Christmann, Frankenthal 1889. {{DEFAULTSORT:Gelieu, Esther De 1757 births 1817 deaths 18th-century Swiss educators Royal governesses 18th-century Swiss women