Marie Musaeus Higgins
Marie Musaeus Higgins (18 May 1855 – 10 July 1926) was a German educationist, best known as the founder and principal of Musaeus College in Colombo, Sri Lanka.[1] She also authored several publications based on Buddhist and Sinhala cultural themes, including Poya Days in 1924.[2] She is recognised as an important figure in the pre-independence Buddhist revival in Sri Lanka and a pioneer in female education in the country.
Biography
Marie Musaeus was born on 18 May 1855 in
Theosophist and Marie Higgins eventually founded the Blavatsky Theosophist Lodge.[5] Her husband died a few years after their marriage, and Higgins went to Ceylon to join Colonel Henry Steel Olcott.[4]
She arrived in Ceylon on 10 November 1889 onboard the ‘’Prussian’’.
Responding to the inaction of the
Peter de Abrew and his father William de Abrew. The first building was a simple small mud hut, but eventually was replaced with a brick building in 1895.[4]
She continued to serve as the school's principal until her death on 10 July 1926.
References
- ISBN 978-1-932705-48-5.
- ISBN 978-0-85765-926-2.
- ^ a b c Munasinghe, Charnika Imbulana (10 July 2014). "Marie Musaeus Higgins: Her Footprints on the Sands of Time". Daily Mirror. Retrieved 3 November 2015.
- ^ a b c "Founders". Musaeus College. Retrieved 3 November 2015.
- ^ "Musaeus, Mother and Mentor from America". Daily News. 19 November 2012. Retrieved 3 November 2015.
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