Elizabeth Maria Bowen Thompson

Elizabeth Maria Bowen Thompson (, Lloyd; after marriage, Thompson; pen name, Mrs. Bowen Thompson; 1812/13 – 14 November 1869) was a British educator missionary who founded the British Syrian Schools. Early on, she was brought under strong religious influences.

She read English classics under her father, and received education about morals from her mother. The father, Hannibal, had visited Germany during the French period, and recited his perceptions of battles, sieges, and escapes.

Career In 1850, in London, she married Dr. James Bowen Thompson, a Scottish physician and missionary

Selected works

The Daughters of Syria, 1872 (Text)