Margaret Gordon Burn

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Margaret Gordon Burn (22 March 1825–8 December 1918) was a New Zealand teacher and school principal. She was born in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland on 22 March 1825.{{DNZB|title=Margaret Gordon Burn|first= Eileen|last= Wallis|id=2b50|accessdate=23 April 2017}} She was the founding principal of Otago Girls' High School in 1871, and also founding principal of Waitaki Girls' High School from 1887 to 1892.{{Cite web

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Category:1825 births

Category:1918 deaths

Category:Scottish emigrants to New Zealand

Category:Schoolteachers from Edinburgh

Category:19th-century New Zealand educators

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