Theodosia Ann Dean

[1] Discovering in early life a love for books and a capacity for acquiring knowledge, the parents of Dean afforded her every opportunity for study, under their tutelage.

[2] From the age of thirteen to sixteen, she attended the boarding school in Bracondale, Norwich, kept by the nieces of Henry Kirke White.

[1] On August 9, 1837, Dean left Hackney and proceeded via steamer to Gravesend, from where she immediately embarked on board the ship Hashemy.

[2] The health of her husband failing at Bangkok, she sailed with him for China in 1841, where they arrived in May, 1842, at Macao, at which place their daughter was born.

[1][2] In 1851, Francis Pharcellus Church published her biography, Notices of the Life of Theodosia Ann Barker Dean, wife of Rev.