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Missionary and teacher Ellen Laursen (1917-82). Sent by Danish Santal Mission to North India, 1
Missionær og lærer Ellen Laursen (1917-82). Udsendt af Dansk Santalmission til Nordindien, 1947-1982. Arbejdssteder: Eklakhi kostskole 1947, og herefter Narainpur Pigekostskole, som blev hendes livsopgave – og hvor hun som leder fra 1951-75 udbyggede stedet til en stor og anerkendt mønsterinstitution med en højt kvalificeret indisk lærerstab. Samtidig var Ellen Laursen involveret i områdets mange sociale problemer samt i Bengalkirkens arbejde, hvor der i 1971 blev indviet en ny kirke. Også efter sin pensionering opholdt Ellen Laursen sig en del af året i Indien. Hun døde i Danmark 1982
Publication Information
University of Southern California. Libraries
Contributing Institution
University of Southern California Digital Library
Collection
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
Rights Information
CC Attribution (CC BY). https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Må bruges med kildeangivelse: Danmission Photo Archive / Should be used with source reference: Danmission Photo Archive.
Danmission
Strandagervej 24, 2900 Hellerup, Denmark
USC does not control copyright for these images. For usage permission, contact the Danmission. Information is available at http://danmission.dk
danmission@danmission.dk
Description
Missionary and teacher Ellen Laursen (1917-82). Sent by Danish Santal Mission to North India, 1947-1982. Working areas: Eklakhi Boarding School 1947, and then Narainpur Girl's Boarding School. This became her main 'mission of life'- here she served as the principal from 1951-75, and developed the place to a large and widely recognized model institution with a well qualified Indian teaching staff. Beside this, Ellen Laursen was involved in the several social problems of the area as well as in the ministry of the Bengal church. Here a new church was inauguated in 1971. Also following her retirement the commitment continued, part of the year she stayed on in India. Ellen Laursen died in Denmark 1982.
Type
image
Format
image/jpeg
photographs
Identifier
imp-dan-Folder136_00007A.jpg
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-c123-99212
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/imp-dan-Folder136_00007A.jpg
Subject
Danmission
Dansk Santalmission
Portraits
Portrætter
FOLDER136
Danish Santal Mission
Missionaries
Missionærer
DSM
Eklakhi Kostskole
Eklakhi Boarding School
Narainpur Pigekostskole
Narainpur Girls' Boarding School
Ellen Laursen
Social Work
Socialt arbejde
Kirke Mission
Church Mission
Skole Uddannelse
School Education
Ledelse Administration
Management Administration
Place
Asia
Indien Nord
India, North
Indien
India
Narainpur
West Bengal
Source
Folder136_00007A.tiff [File]
Relation
Danmission Photo Archive
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
Photographs of the Danmission, Copenhagen, Denmark
http://fotoarkiv.danmission.dk/fotoweb/archives/5001-Danmission%20Photo%20Archive/archive/photo_archive/Folder136_00007A.tiff.info#preview-media

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