Marie Rambert within the Cloister Walk in section B. Marie Rambert Dame Marie Rambert, Mrs Dukes DBE (20 February 188812 June 1982) was a Polish-born dancer and pedagogue who exerted great influence on British ballet, both as a dancer and teacher. Born to a liberal Jewish family in Warsaw, Congress Poland, she was originally named Cyvia (Cesia) Rambam. Her father and two of his brothers later changed their last names to make them seem only children in order to escape military service in the Imperial Russian Army; and so, while one brother retained the name Rambam, her father changed his to Ramberg,
Dame school Dame school A dame school was an early form of a private elementary school in English-speaking countries. They were usually taught by women and were often located in the home of the teacher. Dame schools were small, private schools run by working class women and occasionally men in their own homes. References to dame schools can be found from the 16th century onward. Dame schools often had a poor reputation and were often seen as a cheap form of daycare. The London inspector of the British and Foreign School Society in 1838 wrote that "in the dame schools they cannot