Eleanor Blackmore

Eleanor Blackmore (17 April 1873 – 25 August 1943) was a British Baptist missionary and missionary nurse based in Nicaragua. In 1917, Blackmore founded the present-day Colegio Bautista de Managua and co-founded the First Baptist Church of Managua.

Blackmore was educated at a private boarding school. Blackmore later studied at the Baptist Deaconess Home in Chester for two years, whilst also undertaking a course in nursing. In either 1902 or 1903, Blackmore relocated to Costa Rica in order to assist during a yellow fever outbreak, and nearly died when she contracted the illness herself. The same year Blackmore and José Mendoza co-founded the First Baptist Church of Managua. Her reports from the field often described intense opposition from Roman Catholic leaders and their parishioners, noting, "I am not a pessimist or I would not have stuck at this field for 26 years."

In 1920, she spoke at a convention in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Blackmore retired from the mission field in 1938, and returned to England.

Personal life and legacy Blackmore died on 25 August 1943 in Poole, Dorset aged 70.