Lorimer, Margaret (1866–1954)
Lorimer, Margaret (1866–1954)
New Zealand school principal and mountaineer. Born on June 9, 1866, at Inverness, Scotland; died on Oct 29, 1954, in Wellington, New Zealand; dau. of James Lorimer (plow-man) and Jessie (McLennan) Lorimer; University of New Zealand, MA, 1888.
Taught at Christchurch Girls' school (1886, 1889–97); became headmistress of Mount Cook Girls' School, Wellington (1897); assumed position of principal of Nelson College for Girls (1906); climbed Mt. Cook at age 52 (1918); after retirement (1926), returned to mountaineering and was active in New Zealand Alpine Club, and Ladies' Alpine Club, London; also helped to found Wellington branch of Nelson College for Girls Old Girls' Association.
See also Dictionary of New Zealand Biography (Vol. 3).
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