Nanette Hanson

Nanette Hanson
AM
Born1941
Bradford, Yorkshire, England
Died1 November 1967 (aged 26)
St John's Roman Catholic High School, Dundee, Scotland
OccupationTeacher
Known forDied defending children in her care, recipient of the Albert Medal

Nanette Hanson AM (1941 – 1 November 1967) was a teacher at St John's Roman Catholic High School, Dundee, Scotland. She talked down Robert Mone during an armed siege, before being fatally wounded by him, and is credited with saving the lives of the twelve girls in her class for which she was posthumously awarded the Albert Medal.

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