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Anna Harriette Leonowens

Real Name

Ann Hariett Emma Edwards

Born

November 5, 1831

Died

January 19, 1915

Origin[]

Anna Harriette Leonowens was an Anglo-Indian or Indian-born British travel writer, educator, and social activist.

She became well known with the publication of her memoirs, beginning with The English Governess at the Siamese Court (1870), which chronicled her experiences in Siam (modern Thailand), as teacher to the children of the Siamese King Mongkut.

During the course of her life, Leonowens also lived in Western Australia, Singapore and Penang, the United States, Canada and Germany. In later life, she was a lecturer of Indology and a suffragist. Among other achievements, she co-founded the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design.

Public Domain Appearances[]

All published appearances of Anna Harriette Leonowens from before January 1, 1930 are public domain in the US.

Notes[]

  • Leonowens's own account was fictionalized in Margaret Landon's best-selling novel Anna and the King of Siam (1944), as well as adaptations for other media such as Rodgers and Hammerstein's 1951 musical The King and I.

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