Maria Elise Allman Marchant

Ella Marchant

Maria Elise Allman Marchant, also known as Ella Allman-Marchant (28 October 1869–15 November 1919) was a New Zealand school principal.

She was born in Wellington, New Zealand, one of eleven children of John William Allman Marchant, who later became Surveyor-General of New Zealand.[1] She attended Wellington Girls' High School, where she was dux in 1887. While working full-time as a teacher in Wellington she studied off-campus through Canterbury College and graduated BA in 1892 and MA in 1894.[2]

She served as principal of Otago Girls' High School from 1895 to 1911.[2] She resigned in order to dedicate herself to the cause of religious education. From 1915 to 1917 she was the first headmistress of St Mary's Diocesan School in Stratford.[2] She then ran a hostel in Christchurch and was the acting headmistress of St John's Girls' School in Invercargill at the time of her sudden death in November 1919.[2][3]

References

  1. ↑ "Obituary: Mr. J. W. A. Marchant". Evening Post: 5. 22 December 1920.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Lee, Howard F. "Maria Elise Allman Marchant". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
  3. ↑ "Obituary: Miss E. Allman-Marchant". Southland Times: 5. 17 November 1919.
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