Margaret Byers

Margaret Byers
Born
Margaret Morrow

1832 (1832)
Rathfriland, County Down, Ireland
Died21 February 1912(1912-02-21) (aged 79–80)
Belfast, Ireland
Resting placeBelfast City Cemetery
NationalityIrish
Alma materTrinity College Dublin
Occupations
  • Educator
  • activist
  • social reformer
  • missionary
  • writer
Spouse
John Byers
(m. 1850)

Margaret Byers (née, Morrow; April 1832 – 21 February 1912) was an Irish educator, activist, social reformer, missionary, and writer of the long nineteenth century. She was the founder of Victoria College, Belfast. Byers was involved in philanthropic work, with especial reference to the training of the young. She wrote many papers on different phases of the progress of girls' education in Ireland, on Irish industrial schools, and on temperance.