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Harriette McDougall

1818 – 1886

British missionary

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Lived 1818 – 1886 (aged 67). Harriette McDougall was a British missionary.

Henriette McDougall (, became Harriette McDougall, 30 August 1818 – 1886) was a British missionary, teacher and artist in what is now Malaysia.

Life McDougall was born in Blackfriars, London in 1818. Her elder sister, Sarah, married John Colenso and was also to be a bishop's wife. Her father, Robert John Bunyon, had an interest in an ironworks in Trimsaran in South Wales. The University of London surgeon and Oxford graduate who was overseeing the ironworks was Francis McDougall and she married him in Llanelli in July 1843. The ironworks closed the following year and her husband decided to join the church.

In 1882 she published Sketches of Our Life at Sarawak which included engravings of the school and her life in Sarawak. The book records her prejudice to other religions, but it also records her view that two soldiers, Fox and Steele, killed at Kanowit by the natives in 1859 only had themselves to blame. She records the local flora and fauna and notes places like Buntal Bay which were then only home to wildlife.

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Who was Harriette McDougall?

British missionary (1818–1886)

When was Harriette McDougall born?

Harriette McDougall was born on 30 August 1818 in Blackfriars.

When did Harriette McDougall die?

Harriette McDougall died on 17 January 1886.

What was Harriette McDougall's occupation?

Harriette McDougall was a missionary.

What nationality was Harriette McDougall?

Harriette McDougall was British.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Harriette McDougall

· Wikidata: Q18559745

· DBpedia: Harriette McDougall

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