Anna Leonowens
1831 to 1915
15 documented presences
13 places
Quo Fuit places 15 dated presences for Anna Leonowens across 13 places, from 1831 to 1888. Each one keeps the sentence it was taken from and a link to its source.
Anna Harriette Leonowens (born Ann Hariett Emma Edwards; 5 November 1831 – 19 January 1915) was an Anglo-Indian or Indian-born British travel writer, educator, and social activist.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
Where Anna Leonowens was documented, and when
5 November 1831exact date
Ahmednagarattested
“Anna was born in Ahmednagar in the Bombay Presidency of Company-ruled India, on 5 November 1831, three months after the death of her father, Sergeant Thomas Edwards.”
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1855year
Lynton, Western Australiaattested
“In 1855, Thomas Leonowens was appointed to Glasscott's former position with the commissariat at Lynton, and the family moved there.”
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April 1857month
Australiaattested
“The Leonowens family left Australia abruptly in April 1857, sailing to Singapore, and then moving to Penang, where Thomas found work as a hotel keeper.”
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April 1857month
Singaporeattested
“The Leonowens family left Australia abruptly in April 1857, sailing to Singapore, and then moving to Penang, where Thomas found work as a hotel keeper.”
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April 1857month
Penangattested
“The Leonowens family left Australia abruptly in April 1857, sailing to Singapore, and then moving to Penang, where Thomas found work as a hotel keeper.”
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7 May 1859exact date
Penangattested
“In or before the first week of May 1859, Thomas Leonowens died of "apoplexy" and was buried (7 May 1859) in the Protestant Cemetery in Penang.”
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7 May 1859exact date
Old Protestant Cemetery, George Townattested
“In or before the first week of May 1859, Thomas Leonowens died of "apoplexy" and was buried (7 May 1859) in the Protestant Cemetery in Penang.”
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1862year
Singaporeattested
“In 1862, Leonowens accepted an offer made by the consul in Singapore, Tan Kim Ching, to teach the wives and children of Mongkut, King of Siam.”
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1868year
Englandattested
“In 1868, Leonowens was on leave for her health in England and had been negotiating a return to the court on better terms when Mongkut fell ill and died.”
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1878year
Amherst Collegeattested
“In the summer of 1878, she taught Sanskrit at Amherst College.”
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1878year
Halifax Regional Municipalityattested
“In 1878, Leonowens's daughter Avis Annie Crawford Connybeare married Thomas Fyshe, a Scottish banker and the cashier (general manager) of the Bank of Nova Scotia in Halifax, where she resided for nineteen years as she continued to travel…”
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5 October 1880exact date
Berkeley School For Boysattested
“Leonowens resumed her teaching career and taught daily from 9 am to 12 noon for an autumn half at the Berkeley School of New York at 252 Madison Avenue, Manhattan, beginning on 5 October 1880; this was a new preparatory school for colleg…”
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1881year
Russiaattested
“On behalf of The Youth's Companion magazine, Leonowens visited Russia in 1881, shortly after the assassination of Tsar Alexander II, and other European countries, and continued to publish travel articles and books.”
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23 November 1887exact date
Londonattested
“One of their sons, William Henry Pratt, born 23 November 1887 upon their return to London, was better known by his stage name of Boris Karloff; Anna was thus his great-aunt.”
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1888 to 1893period
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Places Anna Leonowens is documented in
Singapore2 presences · 1857 to 1862
Penang2 presences · 1857 to 1859
Australia1 presence · 1857England1 presence · 1868Kassel1 presence · 1888London1 presence · 1887Russia1 presence · 1881Ahmednagar1 presence · 1831
Amherst College1 presence · 1878
Berkeley School For Boys1 presence · 1880
Halifax Regional Municipality1 presence · 1878
Lynton, Western Australia1 presence · 1855
Other places tied to Anna Leonowens in the record
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1843year
Enniscorthymentioned
“Owens, an Irish Protestant from Enniscorthy, County Wexford, had come to India with the 28th Regiment of Foot in 1843.”
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1843year
Indiamentioned
“Owens, an Irish Protestant from Enniscorthy, County Wexford, had come to India with the 28th Regiment of Foot in 1843.”
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24 April 1845exact date
Deesamentioned
“On 24 April 1845, Anna's 15-year-old sister, Eliza Julia Edwards, married James Millard, a sergeant-major with the 4th Troop Artillery, Indian Army in Deesa.”
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1847year
Adenmentioned
“In 1847, Donohoe was seconded as assistant supervisor of public works in Aden, Yemen.”
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1852year
Australiamentioned
“In 1852, the young couple, accompanied by Anna's uncle, Glasscott, sailed to Australia via Singapore, where they boarded the barque .”
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1852year
Singaporementioned
“In 1852, the young couple, accompanied by Anna's uncle, Glasscott, sailed to Australia via Singapore, where they boarded the barque .”
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1853year
Lynton, Western Australiamentioned
“Later in 1853, Glasscott accepted a position as government commissariat storekeeper at Lynton, a small and remote settlement that was the site of Lynton Convict Depot.”
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1856year
Indiamentioned
“Within three years, Glasscott had returned to India and taken up a career in teaching before dying suddenly in 1856.”
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1857year
Perthmentioned
“Like Glasscott, Thomas clashed with Burges but survived until the Convict Depot was closed in 1857, and he was transferred to a more senior position with the Commissariat in Perth.”
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7 October 1864exact date
Indiamentioned
“Their daughter, Eliza Sarah Millard, born in 1848 in India, married on 7 October 1864 in Surat, Gujarat, India.”
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7 October 1864exact date
Suratmentioned
“Their daughter, Eliza Sarah Millard, born in 1848 in India, married on 7 October 1864 in Surat, Gujarat, India.”
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1868year
Siammentioned
“She said the book influenced Chulalongkorn's reform of slavery in Siam, a process he had begun in 1868, and which would end with its total abolition in 1915.”
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1870year
Thailandmentioned
“She expanded her articles into two volumes of memoirs, beginning with The English Governess at the Siamese Court (1870), which earned her immediate fame but also brought charges of sensationalism.”
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Documented at the same place, the same year
Leonid PasternakRussia · 1881Alexander Graham BellUniversity College London · 1868Catherine EddowesUniversity College London · 1868Bernard MontgomeryKennington · 1887Princess Victoria of Hesse and by RhineKennington · 1887Julian HuxleyKennington · 1887
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