Zamin Ki Dost | |
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![]() Willimina Leonora Armstrong, from a 1913 newspaper. | |
Born | Willimina Leonora Armstrong August 14, 1866 Nebraska |
Died | November 2, 1947 Los Angeles, California |
Occupation(s) | physician, writer, lecturer |
Notable work | Incense of Sandalwood (1904) Son of Power (1920, with Will Levington Comfort) |
Relatives | Saleni Armstrong-Hopkins (sister) |
Zamin Ki Dost ( transl. Friend of the Earth; pen name of Willimina Leonora Armstrong) (August 14, 1866 – November 2, 1947) was an American physician, writer, and lecturer. She is best known for her book Incense of Sandalwood (1904) [1] and stories of India written in collaboration with Will Levington Comfort and published as Son of Power (1920). [2]
Willimina Leonora Armstrong was born in Nebraska in 1866, [3] the daughter of William Leonard Armstrong and Elizabeth Summers Armstrong (1830-1870). Her father was a Union Army surgeon in the American Civil War. She was educated in Philadelphia. [4]
In 1887 she went to India as a medical missionary and served with her older sister, physician Saleni Armstrong-Hopkins. [5] In 1901 she settled in Los Angeles teaching philosophy, [6] and writing stories and poems. [4] In 1904 she published the book Incense of Sandalwood where she gathered her experience of living in India. [5] She wrote eighteen stories of India under the pen name Zamin Ki Dost published in collaboration with Will Levington Comfort as Son of Power. [7] She also composed songs. [8] Armstrong was sued in 1913 for compelling a loan from one of her students with hypnotism. [9]
Willimina Leonora Armstrong died in 1947, and is buried at Glen Haven Memorial Park, Sylmar, California. Her papers are in the UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections. [10]
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Zamin Ki Dost | |
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![]() Willimina Leonora Armstrong, from a 1913 newspaper. | |
Born | Willimina Leonora Armstrong August 14, 1866 Nebraska |
Died | November 2, 1947 Los Angeles, California |
Occupation(s) | physician, writer, lecturer |
Notable work | Incense of Sandalwood (1904) Son of Power (1920, with Will Levington Comfort) |
Relatives | Saleni Armstrong-Hopkins (sister) |
Zamin Ki Dost ( transl. Friend of the Earth; pen name of Willimina Leonora Armstrong) (August 14, 1866 – November 2, 1947) was an American physician, writer, and lecturer. She is best known for her book Incense of Sandalwood (1904) [1] and stories of India written in collaboration with Will Levington Comfort and published as Son of Power (1920). [2]
Willimina Leonora Armstrong was born in Nebraska in 1866, [3] the daughter of William Leonard Armstrong and Elizabeth Summers Armstrong (1830-1870). Her father was a Union Army surgeon in the American Civil War. She was educated in Philadelphia. [4]
In 1887 she went to India as a medical missionary and served with her older sister, physician Saleni Armstrong-Hopkins. [5] In 1901 she settled in Los Angeles teaching philosophy, [6] and writing stories and poems. [4] In 1904 she published the book Incense of Sandalwood where she gathered her experience of living in India. [5] She wrote eighteen stories of India under the pen name Zamin Ki Dost published in collaboration with Will Levington Comfort as Son of Power. [7] She also composed songs. [8] Armstrong was sued in 1913 for compelling a loan from one of her students with hypnotism. [9]
Willimina Leonora Armstrong died in 1947, and is buried at Glen Haven Memorial Park, Sylmar, California. Her papers are in the UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections. [10]
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