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Elizabeth Mary Wells | |
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| Born | 1863 |
| Died | 1918 (aged 54–55) Highbury New Park, Middlesex, London |
| Education | London School of Medicine for Women |
| Occupation(s) | Medical missionary, physician, surgeon, licentiate |
| Known for | Medical missionary work in Jilore and Kahuhia in Equatorial East Africa |
| Spouse | Douglas Hooper |
Elizabeth Mary Wells (1863–1918), also known as Elizabeth Hooper, was a Roman Catholic British physician and medical missionary. She worked for the Church Missionary Society in Equatorial East Africa, especially in Kahuhia and Jilore.[1][2] In Kahuhia, she was instrumental in the long-lasting success of the hospital and served as the President at Kennaway Hall, leading the only training center for female missionaries at the time as well as leading two branch dispensaries. While in Jilore and Kahuhia, she dealt with a variety of medical conditions, primarily rheumatic gout, dysentery, and pneumonia.
- ^ Elizabeth Mary Wells in the England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1837-1915, Ancestry Library[verification needed]
- ^ Biographies, Church Missionary Society Periodicals[verification needed][full citation needed]