Alice Buckton
Alice Buckton | |
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Alice Buckton at the first Universal Races Congress in 1911 | |
| Born | Alice Mary Buckton 9 March 1867 |
| Died | 10 December 1944 (aged 77) |
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| Known for | Founder of the Chalice Well Trust |
| Movement | Froebelism |
| Partner | Annet Schepel (died 1931) |
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| Relatives | William Odling (maternal uncle) |
Alice Mary Buckton (9 March 1867 – 10 December 1944) was an English educator, poet, community playwright, feminist, Celtic revivalist and mystic.
In 1899 Buckton established a Froebelian educational institution, Sesame House, in London. Her mystery play Eager Heart, first performed in 1903, was the first of several pageant plays written or stage-managed by Buckton. A convert to the Baháʼí Faith, she recited an ode to open the 1911 First Universal Races Congress. After buying the Chalice Well in Glastonbury, she established it as a hostel in Glastonbury, helping to establish Glastonbury as a site of pilgrimage.