Clare Emma Whitty, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Date of Birth: 30-May-1883
Place of Birth: Enniskerry, Leinster, Ireland
Date of Death: 06-Nov-1950
Profession: missionary, botanist
Zodiac Sign: Gemini 
About Clare Emma Whitty
- Mother Mary Clare (born: Clare Emma Whitty, 30 May 1883 – 6 November 1950) was an Irish Anglican nun, missionary and botanist who was killed during a nine-day death march led by retreating North Korean soldiers during the Korean War.She arrived in Korea in 1923, one of eighteen missionaries sent to the peninsula by her nursing order, the Community of St Peter between 1892 and 1950.
- In 1925, following the founding of the Society of the Holy Cross by the Rt Revd Mark Trollope, 3rd Bishop of Korea, she was appointed Mother Superior of the order.
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