Esther Mary Baber (21 March 1871 – 19 November 1956) was a New Zealand headmistress. She was born in

Christchurch Christchurch ( ; mi, Ōtautahi) is the largest city in the South Island of New Zealand and the seat of the Canterbury Region. Christchurch lies on the South Island's east coast, just north of Banks Peninsula on Pegasus Bay. The Avon Rive ...

, New Zealand on 21 March 1871. She ran the Fitzherbert Terrace School for many years, which later became the

Samuel Marsden Collegiate School Samuel Marsden Collegiate School is a private composite girls school located in the Wellington suburb of Karori in New Zealand. It has a socio-economic decile of 10 - on a scale from 1 to 10, 1 reflecting the lowest socioeconomic communities - ...

. In 1935, she was awarded the King George V Silver Jubilee Medal.

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