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Mrs. Robert Hoskins
b. 1837
A Methodist missionary in India as well as a writer, she is best known for the short 1912 biography Clara A. Swain, M.D. Her work reflects a life shaped by language study, religious service, and close ties to missionary work in India.
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Clara A. Swain, M.D.
by Mrs. Robert Hoskins
About the author
Charlotte Lewis Roundy Hoskins, published as Mrs. Robert Hoskins, was born in 1837 and is recorded by Project Gutenberg under the alias Charlotte Lewis Roundey Hoskins. She is chiefly remembered today as the author of Clara A. Swain, M.D., a short 1912 biography of the pioneering medical missionary Clara A. Swain.
LibriVox’s author note describes her as a Methodist Church missionary in India in the late 1800s. The same note says she was still engaged in Bible translation work in an Indian language late in life, and that she read several languages and spoke French fluently.
Only a small amount of reliable biographical information appears to be easily available online, so many personal details remain unclear. Her surviving reputation seems to rest mainly on her missionary service and on preserving the story of Clara A. Swain for later readers.