Anna Leonowens

Anna Leonowens (November, 1831 - 1915) is chiefly famous for being the British governess portrayed in the musical The King and I. The play, based on adaptations of her factually slipshod memoirs, provides a fictionalised look at her life in the royal court of Siam (present-day Thailand).

Later years

In 1867, Anna went to live in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, where she became involved in women's education, and was a suffragette and one of the founders of the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design. After 19 years, she moved to Montreal.

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1867 - Halifax, Nova Scotia - Canada - Suffragette - Nova Scotia College of Art and Design

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Anna Leonowens died on January 19, 1915 and was interred in the Mount Royal Cemetery in Montreal, Quebec.

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January 19 - 1915 - Mount Royal Cemetery - Montreal, Quebec

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