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Annie H. Small
1857–1945
Raised between Scotland and India, she became a missionary educator who helped train women for Christian service and later wrote accessible books on world religions. Her life joined travel, teaching, and faith in a way that shaped both her work and her writing.
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About the author
Born in Scotland on December 26, 1857, Annie H. Small spent part of her childhood in Poona, India, where her parents were missionaries. That early experience seems to have shaped the rest of her life: she went on to work in India herself and became known as both a missionary and an educationist.
Small later devoted much of her energy to training women for Christian mission work. Sources about her life describe her as a Scottish educator who helped prepare women for service overseas, combining practical teaching with a strong religious purpose.
She is also remembered as an author. Her books introduced readers to major religions in a clear, approachable way, reflecting the interests she developed through years of missionary and educational work. She died on February 7, 1945.