Mary Richmond (teacher)
Community leader, teacher, writer
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| Intro | Community leader, teacher, writer | |
| was | Writer Teacher Community leader | |
| Work field | Academia Literature Politics | |
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| Birth | 1 January 1853 | |
| Death | 1 January 1949 (aged 96 years) |
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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, Taranaki, New Zealand in 1853. Her parents were William Richmond and Emily Elizabeth Atkinson. She was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 1949 New Year Honours "for services in education and welfare work". She died half a year later in Wellington, was cremated, and had her ashes buried at Karori Cemetery.