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Name: STEVENSON, Marion Scott, Miss
Nee: 'Nyamacheki'
Birth Date: 19.5.1871 Forfar, Angus, Scotland
Death Date: 14.6.1930 Glasgow
First Date: 1907
Profession: Missionary and school teacher at Church of Scotland Mission, Kikuyu
Area: Kikuyu, Tumutumu, Nyeri
Author: Specimens of Kikuyu Proverbs, 1927. Mrs Henry E. Scott, A Saint in Kenya, 1932
Book Reference: Gillett, Scotland, Tignor, Red 31, Hut, Playne, Drumkey, Women in Kenya, Chogoria, North
General Information:
Her tact and understanding did much to bind together in a united and loyal body the European and Native residents with whom she came in contact
Tignor - The PC, Tate, had high praise for the work of Marion Stevenson of the CSM at Tumutumu but condemned the Italian missionaries who were not even able to speak English or Swahili
Drumkey 1909 - Church of Scotland Mission - Miss Stevenson (Teacher)
Women in Kenya - a teacher, concerning whose life a book, entitled 'A Saint in Kenya', was published in 1930 after her death.
North has 'Nyamacaki'