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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Otago & Southland Provincial Districts]

Miss Edith Hodgkinson

Miss Edith Hodgkinson , M.A., formerly head teacher of the Fairfax school, was born in Auckland, and
Gerstenkorn, photo.Miss E. Hodgkinson.

Gerstenkorn, photo.
Miss E. Hodgkinson.

educated at the Otago University and Canterbury College. She graduated M.A. in 1895, with second-class honours in English and in French, and third class in mental science. In 1891 she was appointed head teacher of the South Wyndham school, where she served for one year. She was afterwards for some time head teacher of the Portland Island school, in Hawke's Bay. The years 1896 to 1901 were spent teaching in Taranaki at the Durhan Road school, near Inglewood. In the beginning of 1902, she was appointed head teacher of the Fairfax school. She holds an A3 certificate, but gave up public school teaching at the end of 1904, with the intention of engaging in journalistic work. Miss Hodgkinson is a daughter of Dr. Hodgkinson, well known throughout Southland as a pioneer colonist and public man. Dr. Hodgkinson's biography and portrait appear on page 794 of this volume.