Papers of Miss Lorna Bowden 1922-1953

Church Missionary Society.

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The Church Missionary Society was founded in 1799 by a small group of laymen and clergy of the Church of England. It was originally named the Society for Missions to Africa and the East. Its purpose was to enable the Church to send missionaries to Africa and other heathen areas. Henry M. Stanley, following his discovery of the missionary explorer, David Livingstone, was instrumental in opening the Uganda Mission. His famous letter, published in the Daily Telegraph in 1875, prompted a contributio...

Bowden, Lorna

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Lorna Alberta Bowden was accepted for missionary training by the CMS in 1921. She served in the Weithaga District, Kenya and retired in 1953. Reference: Deposit information From the guide to the Papers of Miss Lorna Bowden, 1922-1953, (University of Birmingham Information Services, Special Collections Department) ...

Bowden Lorna Alberta fl 1922

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