Career
She established the first Rudolf Steiner school in England. Upon graduating in 1913, she became a teacher. Some years later, she became interested in the anthroposophical and educational work of Rudolf Steiner, possibly attending an educational conference he held in Stuttgart in 1922, as Owen Barfield claims.
The school, called at the time “The New School” was founded in 1925 in South London.
lieutenant later moved to Forest Row in East Sussex and was renamed Michael Hall. Besides her work as a teacher, Daphne translated a number of Steiner"s works into English.
She died in 1950 of cancer.