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Anna Leonowens
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British educator and writer (1831-1915)
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Anna Leonowens, born Ann Hariett Emma Edwards, was a British teacher, autobiographer, writer, and traveler. She wrote in English and produced works in the field of travel books. Her notable publications include *Romance of the Harem* and *English Governess at the Siamese Court, Being Recollections of Six Years in the Royal Palace at Bangkok*. She is also recognized as the mother of Louis T. Leonowens.
Leonowens died in Montreal and is buried at Mount Royal Cemetery. Her archives are held at the New York Public Library Main Branch. She was a citizen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. One of her significant life events was a posthumous birth.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 4
Top works
- Romance of the Harem by Anna Harriette Leonowens
- English Governess at the Siamese Court, Being Recollections of Six Years in the Royal Palace at Bangkok
- Romance of the Harem
- English Governess at the Siamese Court
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Key facts
- Born
- Ann Hariett Emma Edwards , ( 1831-11-05 ) 5 November 1831, Ahmednagar , Bombay Presidency, India
- Died
- 19 January 1915 (1915-01-19) (aged 83), Montreal , Quebec, Canada
- Resting place
- Mount Royal Cemetery
- Spouse
- Thomas Leon (or Lane/Lean) Owens ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1849 ; died 1859 )
- Children
- 4, including Louis T. Leonowens
- Relatives
- Boris Karloff (great-nephew)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Anna
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Place of birth
- Caernarfon
- Place of death
- Montreal
- Child
- Louis T. Leonowens
- Occupation
- suffragette
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Field of work
- travel book
- Image
- Anna Leonowens (1831-1915).jpg
- Significant event
- posthumous birth
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- place of burial
- Mount Royal Cemetery
- date of birth
- 1834-11-06
- date of death
- 1914-00-00
- Commons category
- Anna Leonowens
- name in native language
- Anna Leonowens
- birth name
- Ann Hariett Emma Edwards
- Commons Creator page
- Anna Leonowens
- archives at
- New York Public Library Main Branch
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Encyclopedic overview
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.
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. Leonowens's own account was fictionalised 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 as well as the 1999 movie, Anna and the king.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Anna Leonowens” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.