F. M. Alexander Chronology

Not all of Alexander's publications are mentioned here.

1869 Born 20 January at Wynyard, Tasmania.
1885-88 Working at Mt. Bischoff Tin Mining Co. in Waratah, Tasmania.
1888-94 Clerical work and amateur recitals in Melbourne.
1892-93 Problems with voice and discoveries providing the origin of the Technique.
1894-95 Recital tours in Tasmania and New Zealand.
1895-1900 Teaching elocution and breathing based on his discoveries and giving recitals in Melbourne.
1900-1904 Teaching and giving recitals in Sydney.
1904 Sails to London in April. Lives in Army and Navy Mansions, Victoria St.
1907? Albert Redden (A.R.), Alexander's brother, joins F. M. in London.
1910 Man's Supreme Inheritance, London and New York.
1910-11 Moves to 16 Ashley Place which remains his home for the rest of his life.
1911-12 Ethel Webb meets Alexander and becomes later a teacher of the Technique.
1913 Irene Tasker meets Alexander and becomes later a teacher of the Technique.
1914 Marries Edith Mary Parsons Young, 10 August.
1914-24 Teaches in New York and Boston for 6 months each year.
1916-17 Meets John Dewey and forms a life-long friendship.
1918 Man's Supreme Inheritance, revised and enlarged edition, London and New York.
1920-21 Edith and Alexander adopts Peggy.
1923 Constructive Conscious Control of the Individual, New York, October. Published in England in 1924.
1924 Alexander buys the country estate Penhill House, Bexley, Kent.
1924 Irene Tasker starts the little school for children at Ashley Place.
1931 The first training course for teachers starts in February or March.
1932 The Use of the Self, London and New York.
1934-35 Margaret Goldie takes over the little school for children and it is moved to Penhill.
1934 A. R. Alexander moves to Boston.
1935 Irene Tasker moves to South Africa and returns in January 1944
1938 Mrs Edith Alexander dies.
1940 The little school is evacuated to the US, accompanied by Alexander and other teachers. The school stays at the Whitney Homestead, Mass., 1941–42.
1941 The Universal Constant in Living, New York, September. Published in England in 1942.
1943 Alexander returns to London.
1947 A. R. Alexander dies. He had suffered from a stroke in 1944.
1947 Alexander suffers a stroke, but by March 1948 he is teaching again.
1947-48 The South African Libel Case. Alexander wins damages for libel in S.A.
1955 Dies 10 October after a chill and a brief illness.

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