Sophia Blackmore (18 October 1857 – 3 July 1945) was an Australian Christian missionary.[1] She founded the Fairfield Methodist Schools, and also Methodist Girls' School[2] in Singapore. She was the first unmarried woman missionary sent by the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church to Singapore.[3] She also set up a boarding home for girls, supported the early Methodist Straits Chinese Christian work, published a Christian periodical in Baba Malay,[4] and is closely associated with the founding of Kampong Kapor Methodist Church.
- ^ Fu, Grace (1 August 2008). "Speech at the Fairfield Methodist Secondary School 120th Founder' Day cum Graduation Service". Ministry of Education (Singapore). Archived from the original on 22 May 2012. Retrieved 31 May 2012.
- ^ "The MGS Story". Methodist Girls' School. Archived from the original on 15 December 2007. Retrieved 31 May 2012.
- ^ [https://biblioasia.nlb.gov.sg/vol-13/issue-4/jan-mar-2018/women-on-a-mission/ Biblio Asia website, Women on a Mission, article by Jaime Koh dated January 4, 2018]
- ^ "Sophia Blackmore". National Library Board (Singapore). Archived from the original on 15 May 2012. Retrieved 29 Aug 2012.