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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 · Anna and the King, the story of Anna Leonowens and the King of Siam, is enduringly popular. But how much of the story of this great romance was real?
- Bipin Dimri
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. She married Thomas Leon Owens, a clerk, in 1849; the two surnames.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Anna Leonowens was an Anglo-Indian woman who taught King Mongkut of Siam's children. She wrote a memoir that inspired a novel, a movie and a musical.
Jun 8, 2015 · Anna Leonowens, “Leonowens Portrait” by Robert Harris (1849-1919) As Susan Kepner, a specialist in Thai literature, reveals, the much-vilified-in-Thailand Leonowens made up a lot about both herself and her five years as the governess of the children of Siam’s King Mongkut.
Nov 3, 2020 · Anna Leonowens. Yul Brynner and Deborah Kerr in costumes from The King and I, 1956. Known for: adaptation of her stories into movies and plays including Anna and the King of Siam, The King and I.
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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.