About Mary Ann Buxton
Lived 1795 – 1888 (aged 92–93). Mary Ann Buxton was a New Zealand businessperson and teacher.
Mary Ann Buxton (c.1795 – 18 October 1888) was a New Zealand teacher and Businessperson.
Biography She was born in Stoke Newington, Middlesex, England.
She founded and managed the perhaps most successful and well known combined school for small children and girl's pension in Thorndon, New Zealand between 1841 and 1878. She was additionally a successful landowner and greatly expanded the lands she inherited from her late spouse in 1847.
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Who was Mary Ann Buxton?
Teacher, businesswoman
When was Mary Ann Buxton born?
Mary Ann Buxton was born in 1795.
When did Mary Ann Buxton die?
Mary Ann Buxton died on 18 October 1888.
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Mary Ann Buxton was a businessperson and teacher.
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Mary Ann Buxton was New Zealand.
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