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…...
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…...
Johnston (Johnston-Liik ), Edith Mary (1930–2008), historian and editor, was born 11 July 1930 in Belfast,
eldest of three daughters of John Worthington Johnston (1904–52), athlete, presbyterian
minister and army chaplain, and his wife Mary Isobel Giraud (née McFadden); a son died at…...
Pinkerton, Emily (Emilie) Cordner- (c.1859–1902), publisher, was born probably in Newry, Co. Down, where her parents, William Henry Cordner (d. 1890) and Matilda Cordner (née McCracken), had a jewellery and watchmaker's shop. There were also at least three sons in the family…...