Mary L. G. Carus-Wilson
Mary L. G. Carus-Wilson | |
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| Born | Mary Louisa Georgina Petrie 1861 Yorktown, Surrey, England |
| Died | 19 November 1935 (aged 73–74) London, England |
| Education | University College, London |
| Occupations | Writer, speaker |
| Spouse |
Charles Ashley Carus-Wilson
(m. 1892) |
| Children | 3, including Eleanora Carus-Wilson |
| Parents |
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| Relatives | Irene Petrie (sister) |
Mary L. G. Carus-Wilson (née Mary Louisa Georgina Petrie; after marriage, Mrs. Ashley Carus-Wilson, or Mary Carus-Wilson, or Mrs. C. (Charles) Ashley Wilson; pen names, C. Ashley Carus-Wilson and Helen Macdowall; 1861 – 19 November 1935), was an English author and speaker known for her work on biblical study and missionary work. Her father was Martin Petrie. She wrote a biography about her sister, Irene Petrie, a missionary to Kashmir. The Pitts Theology Library at Emory University has a collection of her papers. Eleanora Carus-Wilson was her daughter. She was also published using the name Helen Macdowall in the Sunday at Home and lectured on women's suffrage. In England, she established a correspondence program for the secular study of scripture.