Mary E. Van Lennep | |
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| Born | Mary Elizabeth Hawes April 16, 1821 Hartford, Connecticut, U.S. |
| Died | September 27, 1844 (aged 23) Constantinople, Ottoman Empire (modern-day Istanbul, Turkey) |
| Resting place | Feriköy Protestant Cemetery, Şişli, Turkey |
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| Language | English |
| Nationality | American |
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| Notable works | Memoir of Mrs. Mary E. Van Lennep : only daughter of the Rev. Joel Hawes, D.D. and wife of the Rev. Henry J. Van Lennep, Missionary in Turkey |
| Spouse |
Henry John Van Lennep
(m. 1843) |
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Mary Elizabeth Van Lennep (née, Hawes; April 16, 1821 – September 27, 1844) was an American missionary, school founder, and memoirist.[1] Accompanying her husband to Asia Minor, she established a school for Armenian girls in Constantinople, Turkey. Her religious writings were contained in a journal which she commenced in January 1841 and closed in June 1843, just before leaving home;[2] the unpublished manuscript was found after her death.[3] Other journals followed at various times in Van Lennep's life. Her mother published Memoir of Mrs. Mary E. Van Lennep : only daughter of the Rev. Joel Hawes, D.D. and wife of the Rev. Henry J. Van Lennep, Missionary in Turkey posthumously in 1847.
- ^ Robert 1996, p. 29.
- ^ Hawes & Lennep 1848, p. 74.
- ^ Hawes & Lennep 1848, p. 78.