Ramsay, Margaret, 1908-1991

Margaret Francesca Venniker (always known as Peggy) was born on 27 May 1908 in Molong, New South Wales, Australia. Her father was an army doctor and Peggy travelled extensively with her parents as a child. Japanese culture in particular formed a lasting influence in her life as a result of a childhood visit. She was brought up in Oudtshoorn, South Africa. She was taught French and German by tutors and later educated at the Collegiate School in Port Elizabeth, Girton College in Johannesburg and Rhodes University, Grahamstown.

On 29 September 1927 she married her psychology professor, Norman Ramsay. Following a scandal surrounding Ramsay’s business interests, the couple left South Africa for London in 1928.

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