Margaret Dryburgh, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Margaret Dryburgh

Teacher, Nurse and Missionary

Date of Birth: 21-Feb-1890

Place of Birth: Sunderland, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 21-Apr-1945

Profession: nurse, missionary

Nationality: United Kingdom, Malaysia

Zodiac Sign: Pisces


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About Margaret Dryburgh

  • Margaret Dryburgh (1890–1945) was born in Sunderland, England and trained as a teacher.
  • She later became a missionary in Singapore, where she was captured in the Second World War.
  • The plight of Dryburgh and her fellow inmates such as Betty Jeffrey in a Japanese prisoner of war camp inspired the 1996 film Paradise Road.
  • She wrote The Captives' Hymn while imprisoned.

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