Frances Shayle George (1828–1890) was a New Zealand teacher, writer and educationalist. She was born in

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, Gloucestershire, England on 20 September 1828, and died in Auckland, New Zealand on 8 September 1890. Her writings of poetry and essays ranged from dissertations on the importance of education for young women to contributions to Charles Dickens'

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on the subject of early settler's life in New Zealand.

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1828 births 1890 deaths New Zealand educators English emigrants to New Zealand 19th-century New Zealand writers 19th-century New Zealand women writers People from Clifton, Bristol {{NewZealand-writer-stub