Mary L. G. Carus-Wilson (, Petrie; after marriage, Mrs. Ashley Carus-Wilson, or Mary Carus-Wilson, or Mrs. C. (Charles) Ashley Wilson;

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s, C. Ashley Carus-Wilson and Helen Macdowall; 1861 – November 19, 1935), was an English author and speaker known for her work on biblical study and missionary work. Her father was

Martin Petrie Martin Petrie (1823–1892) was an English army officer and author. Petrie, his wife and his daughter Mary Petrie were involved in the foundation of Westfield College. His other daughter Irene Petrie died as a missionary in Kashmir. Life He was b ...

. She wrote a biography about her sister,

Irene Petrie Irene Eleanora Verita Petrie (October 1864 – 6 August 1897) was a British missionary who died in Kashmir on the Indian subcontinent in 1897. Life Petrie was born in Kensington Park in 1864, but the exact date is not known. Her parents were Elea ...

, a missionary to

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. The Pitts Theology Library at

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has a collection of her papers.

Eleanora Carus-Wilson Eleanora Mary Carus-Wilson (1897 – 1 February 1977) was a British economic historian. She is known for her work on rural Medieval textile industries in England. She made significant contributions to the understanding of Medieval technology in ...

was her daughter. She was also published using the name Helen Macdowall in the ''

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'' and lectured on

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. In England she established a correspondence program for the secular study of scripture.

Early life

Mary Louisa Georgina Petrie was born in Yorktown, Surrey, England, the eldest daughter of Colonel Martin Petrie and his wife Eleanora Grant Macdowall Petrie. She graduated from University College, London, with a B.A. in 1881.

Career

Petrie founded, edited, and was president of ''The College by Post'', a program for secular biblical study via correspondence created in the late 19th century. She had articles published in various Christian and women's publications. She wrote nine books about missionaries and Bible study. She was also a speaker. Her book ''Clews to the Holy Writ'', promoted studying the Bible in its historical order. She wrote ''Irene Petrie: Missionary to Kashmir'' of her sister who died doing missionary work in India. She married Charles Ashley Carus-Wilson, a professor in Montreal, Canada, in 1892, and they had three children. After her marriage, she published under the name C. Ashley Carus-Wilson except in '' The Sunday at Home'' where she went by Helen Macdowall, her mother's family name. Her children were named Louis, Martin, and Eleanora (

). She died November 19, 1935 leaving to her two surviving children the home in Kensington that she inherited from her father.

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corresponded with her September 20, 1903. She planned to write a biography about him. She left her freehold to her daughter Eleanora. She also wrote on the medical education of women.

Bibliography

* ''Clews to Holy writ; or, The chronological Scripture cycle; scheme for studying the whole Bible in its historical order during three years'' (1892) and London : Hodder and Stoughton, 1894) * ''Tokiwa and Other Poems'' by Mary Louisa Georgina Petrie Carus-Wilson (1895) * ''Unseal the book : practical words for plain readers of Holy Scripture'' (1899) * ''Irene Petrie, Missionary to Kashmir'' (1901) by Mary Louisa Georgina Petrie Carus-Wilson, Hodder and Stoughton * ''The expansion of Christendom: a study in religious history'' * ''Unseal the book: practical words for plain readers of Holy Scripture'' * ''Saint Paul: missionary to the nations: a scheme for the study of his life and writings'' (1905) * ''Redemptor Mundi. A scheme for the missionary study of the four Gospels'' (1907) * ''A Tabular Scheme for reading the Bible chronologically, according to "Clews to Holy Writ"'' by Mrs. Carus-Wilson. Moore & Edwards, Uppermill (1909) * ''S. Peter and S. John, first missionaries of the Gospel: a scheme for the study of the earliest Christian age'' * ''Ben and his mother'', published by Thomas Nelson and Sons (juvenile fiction) * ''Baghdad'' ith illustrations and a map London, (1918)

Papers and articles

*Serving one another (1893) * ''The medical education of women : a lecture'' (1895) * ''Best Methods of promoting Temperance'' (1901), a paper she presented at the annual Women's Union conference. * ''Debt of the Home to the Book'', article

References

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