Mary Richmond (teacher)
Mary Elizabeth Richmond CBE (30 August 1853 – 3 July 1949) was a New Zealand community leader, teacher and writer.
She was born in New Plymouth, New Zealand in 1853. Her parents were William Richmond and Emily Elizabeth Atkinson.[1]
From 1884 until 1890, Richmond was a teacher at Wellington Girls' High School. In 1898 she opened a private school in Wellington for children from kindergarten to preparatory level, which she operated until 1911. In 1905 she founded the free kindergarten movement in Wellington; the first of the Richmond Kindergarten Schools was opened in 1906.[1]
She was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 1949 New Year Honours for services in education and welfare work.[2] She died later that year in Wellington,[1] was cremated,[3] and had her ashes buried at Karori Cemetery.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Porter, Frances. "Mary Elizabeth Richmond". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
- ^ "No. 38494". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 December 1948. p. 34.
- ^ "Details". Wellington City Council. Retrieved 6 March 2015.
- ^ "Details". Wellington City Council. Retrieved 6 March 2015.
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