Anderson, Emily (1891–1962), academic, civil servant, and translator, was born 17 March 1891 at Taylor's Hill, Galway, second daughter of Alexander Anderson (qv), professor of natural philosophy and later president of…...
Barrett, Rosa (Mary)
(1854–1936) philanthropist, child-care worker, and suffragist, was born 15 January 1854 in Royston, Hertfordshire, England, daughter of the Rev. W. G. Barrett and Martha Barrett (née Fletcher). From the 1860s she was resident with her family in Dublin. Her…...
Byers, Margaret (1832–1912), educationist,
suffragist, and philanthropist, was born
15 April 1832 in Windsor
Hill, Rathfriland, Co. Down, fourth child and
only daughter of Andrew Morrow ,
farmer and mill operator, and Margaret Morrow (née Herron). After the death
(c.1840…...
Foster, Lydia Mary (1867–1943), writer and schoolteacher, was born in Newmills, Co.
Tyrone in 1867, fourth of six
children (three sons and three daughters) of James Foster, presbyterian minister of
Newmills congregation 1850–90, and his wife Lydia (née Harkness), from a
presbyterian…...
Hunter, Mercy
(1910–89), artist, was born 22 January 1910 in Belfast and christened Martha Saie Kathleen, one of the youngest of four daughters of the Rev. William Hunter, presbyterian minister; there was also at least one son. His wife was a Russian woman, Alice Beyer; on the day…...