Hana Catherine Mullens

Hana Catherine Mullens
Born1826
Chinsurah, India
Died1861
Calcutta, British India
Occupation(s)Author, missionary, educator
Spouse
Joseph Mullens
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(m. 1845)​
ChildrenAlice Maria Mullens
Eliot Mullens
Kenneth Mullens
Lucy Ramsay Mullens
Kate Hasell Mullens
Parents
  • Alphonse Francois Lacroix (father)
  • Hannah Herklots (mother)

Hana Catherine Mullens (1826–1861) was a European Christian missionary, educator, translator and writer.[1] She was a leader of zenana missions, setting up schools for girls and writing what is arguably the first novel in Bengali. She spent most of her life in Calcutta, then the capital of British India (now Kolkata, West Bengal), and was fluent in the Bengali language.

  1. ^ Prior, Katherine. "Lacroix, Alphonse François". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/15845. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)