Clare Emma Whitty
Chunggangjin, North Korea[3] |
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Mother Mary Clare (born Clare Emma Whitty; 30 May 1883 – 6 November 1950) was an Irish
She arrived in Korea in 1923, one of eighteen missionaries sent to the peninsula by her nursing order, the
Early life
According to her birth certificate,
Sisterhood
In 1912, Whitty joined the Anglican
Death
After refusing the opportunity from the British embassy to evacuate from Seoul, instead opting to stay with her congregation, on 6 November 1950 near
Bibliography
In 1929, Mother Mary Clare contributed two articles to the 29th volume of the journal of the Royal Asiatic Society Korea Branch, which she contributed as A sister of the Community of St. Peter.[12][13][14]
- A sister of the Community of St. Peter, (Sister Mary Clare) (1929). Some Wayside Flowers of Central Korea (XVIII:22–40) (PDF). Seoul, Korea: Royal Asiatic Society Korea Branch.
- A sister of the Community of St. Peter, (Sister Mary Clare) (1929). Herbae Koreanae, Being a First List of Some of the Commonest Herbaceous Plants Found in Korea. XVIII:43–82 (PDF). Seoul, Korea: Royal Asiatic Society Korea Branch.
See also
- Community of St Peter
- Society of the Holy Cross (Korea)
References
- ^ a b c d "Member Church Links – The Anglican Church of Korea – Religious Communities SHC – Society of the Holy Cross – Seoul". Anglican Communion. Retrieved 3 June 2017.
- ^ a b c d e f Newslink – The Magazine of the Church of Ireland United Dioceses of Limerick, Killaloe & Ardfert (PDF) (October 2014 ed.). United Dioceses of Limerick, Killaloe & Ardfert. pp. 32–33. Retrieved 3 June 2017.
- ^ a b c d e Hughes, Bernard (2016). "War Memorial of the Irish Dead of the Korean War – Brief history of Irish people in Korea". Irish Association of Korea. Retrieved 3 June 2017.
- ^ Ireland, Government of. "Korean-Irish Relations – Irish in the Korean War". Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Retrieved 5 June 2017.
- ^ [Birth certificate. https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/birth_returns/births_1883/02720/2000776.pdf]
- ^ [Birth certificate. https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/birth_returns/births_1876/03051/2118866.pdf]
- ^ [Birth certificate. https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/birth_returns/births_1877/02989/2095239.pdf]
- ^ [Birth certificate. https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/birth_returns/births_1881/02842/2041742.pdf]
- ^ "St Alban's Vicars - St. Alban the Martyr".
- ISBN 9781848841093. Retrieved 3 June 2017.
- ^ "Full Texts by Volume". Royal Asiatic Society Korea Branch. Retrieved 3 June 2017.
- ISBN 978-0810870932. Retrieved 5 June 2017.