| Reference number: |
MS 380875
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| Order number: |
MS 380875
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| Summary: |
Photographs show missionaries, colleagues and contemporaries with Rev Tester, in Madagascar, 1915-1930s. They include family and group shots. Identified individuals include a wedding photograph of Thomas Tester and his first wife Hettie (nee Morley), 1902 (Hettie died in 1924); Thomas Tester and his second wife, Ethel (nee Knight), c1927; Dr James Sharman, Principal of the Theological College, Tananarive, and his wife Ann (nee Read), c1932; Mr Hawkins from LMS Headquarters, n.d.; James Sibree and his wife, n.d..
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| Main author: |
Tester; Thomas (fl 1901-1939); missionary
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| Extent: |
20 photographs
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| Admin history: |
Thomas Tester served as a missionary with the London Missionary Society in Madagascar between 1901 and 1939. He resided for a time at Ambohidratrimo; removed to Vangaina in 1904, opening a new station there; transferred to the station and district of Ambohimanga in 1922; was appointed to the Theological College in Tananarive, with charge of districts in 1927, and retired in 1939. |
| Acquisition: |
Donated to SOAS in March 2006.
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| Access status: |
Open
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| Language: |
English
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| Format: |
Archive
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| Access Points - Person, Corporate & Family Names: |
| Name Code |
Person, Corporate or Family Name |
Type of Entity |
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GB/SOASNAF/P1602
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Tester; Thomas (fl 1901-1939); missionary |
Person |
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| Access Points - Places: |
| Place Code |
Place Name |
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1062947
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Madagascar |
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