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Anna Harriette Leonowens (born Ann Hariett Emma Edwards; [1] 5 November 1831 – 19 January 1915) was an Anglo-Indian or Indian -born British [2] travel writer, educator, and social activist.
Oct 4, 2021 · In 1862, Anna Leonowens was offered the post by Tan Kim Chang, the consul in Singapore, and decided to teach the children and wives of the King of Siam. While in the fictional works, it is depicted that Anna was hired as a governess by the King of Siam, she was actually merely an English teacher.
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Anna Harriette Leonowens was a British writer and governess employed by King Mongkut (Rama IV) of Siam for the instruction of his children, including his son and successor, Prince Chulalongkorn. Edwards spent her childhood in India.
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Anna Leonowens was a British travel writer, educator and social activist who taught King Mongkut's children in Siam. She wrote memoirs about her experiences, which were fictionalized in the novel 'Anna and the King of Siam'.
Jun 8, 2015 · Learn about the life and legacy of Anna Leonowens, the governess of Siam's King Mongkut, who inspired the musical The King and I. Discover how her memoir was fictionalized and why she was banned from Thailand.
Anna Leonowens was an Anglo-Indian woman who was hired by Mongkut, King of Siam to teach his children. She later moved to Canada and became a Suffragette. She died in Montreal. Leonowens wrote a memoir about teaching Mongkut’s children in 1870.
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Apr 1, 2008 · Anna Leonowens was an educator, author and lecturer who became famous as the British governess to the wives and children of King Mongkut (Rama IV) of Siam (now Thailand) in the 1860s.
