Necker Island (British Virgin Islands) Necker Island (British Virgin Islands) Necker Island is a island in the British Virgin Islands just north of Virgin Gorda. The island's land is entirely owned by Sir Richard Branson, chairman of the Virgin Group, and is part of the Virgin Limited Edition portfolio of luxury properties. The whole island operates as a resort and can accommodate up to 34 guests, with additional room for six children. Necker Island is located at latitude 18.55 north and longitude 64.35 west in the eastern section of the British Virgin Islands. It is about north of Virgin Gorda and north-east of Prickly Pear
Albertine Necker de Saussure women's sense of themselves. She wanted to change this. Albertine also wrote a biography of her friend Germaine de Staël for the first collected edition of de Staël's works, in 1821. In addition, Albertine authorized a French translation of August Wilhelm Schlegel's "Vorlesungen über dramatische Kunst und Literatur "(1809-1811). Albertine Necker de Saussure's work "l'Education Progressive" is acknowledged as an educational classic and was influential in nineteenth-century England. She was active in the Groupe de Coppet, a salon that flourished between the French Revolution and the early years of the Restoration,and she has been credited with spreading the spirit of