Margaret Isobel Jones Wiles (Dec 25, 1911 – Jul 6, 2000) was an American composer, conductor, and teacher who played violin and viola with several orchestras and composed over 50 string quartets. She received a B. Mus. from DePauw University in Indiana. Wiles also studied with Arthur Catterall at the Royal Academy of Music in London, and with Raphael Bronstein at New York College. In 1934 she moved to South Africa to marry Gordon Wiles, whom she had met while studying violin in London. Margaret and Gordon had two sons, Peter and John.
