E. M. Standing

E. M. Standing (Edwin Mortimer Standing, 1887–1967) was a Montessori educator, writer, and close friend and assistant to Maria Montessori for more than 30 years. Born in Madagascar to Quaker missionaries, he was educated at Cambridge University and directed Montessori teacher-training courses in Italy, India, and the United Kingdom.

Standing wrote Maria Montessori: Her Life and Work (1957), a biography drawing on Montessori’s letters and diaries, as well as The Montessori Method: A Revolution in Education (1962). He also co-authored The Child in the Church: Essays on the Religious Education of Children and the Training of Character with Montessori.