Mary Richmond (teacher)
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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] 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 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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- 1853 births
- 1949 deaths
- New Zealand schoolteachers
- People from New Plymouth
- New Zealand women writers
- Burials at Karori Cemetery
- Atkinson–Hursthouse–Richmond family
- New Zealand Commanders of the Order of the British Empire
- Wellington Hospital Board members
- 19th-century New Zealand writers
- New Zealand writer stubs