# Margaret Byers

> Margaret Byers was an Irish educator, 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.

*Byers [née Morrow], Margaret (1832-1912), Irish educator, activist, social reformer, missionary, writer*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Educator
- **Category:** Educators
- **Born:** 1832-04-15
- **Died:** 1912-02-21
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** female

## Bio

Margaret Byers was an Irish educator, 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.

## Fame
- **Fame score:** 36.0
- **Momentum:** 4.1

## Sources
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- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18811040)

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