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Name: BEECHER, Gladys Sybil Bazett, Mrs

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Nee: dau of Harry and Mary Leakey

Birth Date: 9 Aug 1901 Reading

Death Date: 10 Apr 1982 Nairobi

First Date: 1902 April

Last Date: 1982

Profession: From childhood she spoke and studied the Kikuyu language, and was regarded as an authority on it. Together with Njeroge, the brother of Stephano Kinuthia, she revised Canon Leakey's translation of the Old Testament

Area: Molo

Married: 1930 Leonard James Beecher, later Archbishop of East Africa (1906-1987)

Children: John Leonard (1932-1995); Eunice (1933); Cyril (1936)

Book Reference: Gillett, Pioneers, SKP, Barnes

School: BA Univ. Coll, London

General Information:

Always keenly interested in the welfare of women of all races, she held very strong views and had the ability to express them. SKP - 1938 - Society of Kenya Pioneers - over 30 years in Colony - arrived Molo April 1902
Limuru cemetery - Gladys Sybil Bazett Beecher, 1902 - 1982
Gazette 5 Nov 1982 probate

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