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Title
Medical Mission Academy, Antananarivo, Madagascar, ca.1893
Creator
unknown
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1893
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
Misjonsmarka 12, NO-4024 Stavanger, Norway
Mission and Diakonia Archives, VID Specialized University
USC does not control copyright for these images. For usage permission, contact Mission and Diakonia Archives, VID Specialized University. Information is available at https://www.vid.no/en/historical-archive/ .
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Description
Medical Mission Academy was founded by Christian Borchgrevink, a missionary in Central Madagascar from 1869-1912, and Guldberg together with two English doctors in 1886. This worked until the Sommer of 1896 when the French took over. On the picture we can also see the English doctors Moss and Fenn. Ove Jakob Roll Thesen 1860-1917, a missionary in Central Madagascar from 1889-1905. He was a teacher at this Medical School. Bendix Ebbell 1865-1941, a missionary in Central Madagascar from 1893-1912, is also on the picture.
Type
image
Format
photographic prints. 23.4 x 34 cm.
photographs
Identifier
impa-m1822 [Legacy record ID]
IMP-NMS-A241-241
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m1822
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/IMP-NMS-A241-241.jpg
Subject
Norwegian Missionary Society
Borchgrevink, Christian Doederlein, 1841-1919
Students
Group portraits
Higher education
Medical doctors
Time Period
circa 1893
Place
Africa
Antananarivo
Madagascar
Source
NMS/Photo/A241Ma/ 241 [File]
Relation
A241Ma by Joergensen, Thomas, 1874-1957
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
Mission and Diakonia Archives, VID Specialized University
Photographs of the Mission and Diakonia Archives, VID Specialized University, Stavanger, Norway, ca.1870-1950
impa-m559

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