Margaret Heitland
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Born
27 February 1860
Margaret Bateson
27 February 1860
Cambridge, England
Died31 May 1938 (aged 78)
Cambridge, England
Burial placeAscension Parish Burial Ground
Occupation(s)Journalist, activist
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| Born | Margaret Bateson 27 February 1860 Cambridge, England |
| Died | 31 May 1938 (aged 78) Cambridge, England |
| Burial place | Ascension Parish Burial Ground |
| Occupation(s) | Journalist, activist |
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Margaret Heitland (née Bateson; 27 February 1860 – 31 May 1938) was a British journalist and social activist (suffragette).
She was born in Cambridge on 27 February 1860, the daughter of William Henry Bateson, master of St John's College,[1] and Anna Bateson. In 1901 she married William Emerton Heitland, classicist and fellow of St John's.
She was sister of the geneticist William Bateson, whose son was the anthropologist and cyberneticist Gregory Bateson, and sister of the historian Mary Bateson and botanist Anna Bateson.
She died at her home in Cambridge on 31 May 1938, and is buried in the Ascension Parish Burial Ground, Cambridge.[1]
