Samuel Edger (c.1823–1882) was a New Zealand non-denominational minister, writer, social reformer and community worker. He was born in

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on c.1823. His daughter was

Kate Edger Kate Milligan Evans (née Edger, 6 January 1857 – 6 May 1935) was the first woman in New Zealand to gain a university degree, and possibly the second in the British Empire to do so. Early life Edger was born in 1857 at Abingdon, Berkshire, E ...

. Edger emigrated from London in 1862. In June 1871 he wrote: “it is one of woman’s rights...that she should enjoy an education as thorough in quality as that which is thought necessary for men." He was one of those who inspired feminist writer, Ellen Elizabeth Ellis.

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1823 births 1882 deaths New Zealand social workers New Zealand writers People from East Grinstead New Zealand Protestant ministers and clergy Protestant ministers and clergy in New Zealand {{NewZealand-writer-stub