Edith Langridge
known as Mother Edith] (1864–1959), settlement worker and missionary in India
Edith Langridge (21 March 1864 – 6 May 1959), commonly known as Mother Edith (her name in religion), was a British settlement worker and missionary based at Barishal in British India (now Bangladesh), where she was a founder member and first superior of the Sisterhood of the Epiphany, a Benedictine Anglican religious order. She designed the Oxford Mission Church which is one of the largest churches in Asia.
Birth and education
Langridge was born in Marylebone in London in 1864. Her parents were Flora Jane (née Pope) and Henry Langridge. She attended Queen's College in Harley Street where she excelled at Mathematics. However, when she applied to Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford, she was told she could not study maths, so she took a six-week crammer in Latin in order to study classics. She was awarded a scholarship and read classics from 1885. In 1888 she was awarded a second-class honours degree.
She worked as an assistant warden and warden for Lady Margaret Hall, but she wanted to be a missionary. She learnt Swahili so that she could work in Africa.
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