Hill, Frances Mulligan (1799–1884)
Hill, Frances Mulligan (1799–1884)
American missionary. Born Frances Maria Mulligan, July 10, 1799, in New York, NY; died Aug 5, 1884, in Athens, Greece; dau. of John W. (lawyer) and Elizabeth (Winter) Mulligan; m. John Henry Hill (Episcopal leader), April 26, 1821.
Opened school for the poor with husband in Athens (1831), as part of 1st foreign mission to be sent out by Protestant Episcopal Church of US; opened boarding school (1837), which attracted pupils from influential families throughout Greece; in Athens, organized private school for upper-class girls, the Hill Institute (1869), which—as Hill Memorial School—remains a leading educational institution.
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