Anne Mackenzie (writer)
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Anne Mackenzie was a 19th century British writer, editor for 31 years of the missionary magazine The Net Cast in Many Waters: Sketches from the Life of Missionaries, published in London from 1866 to 1896.
Mackenzie was the unmarried sister of Charles Frederick Mackenzie (1825–1862), Anglican priest and bishop of British Central Africa.
She spent some time teaching at mission schools in South Africa before joining the Zambesi Mission of the Universities' Mission to Central Africa
, which was led by her brother. After his death she returned to England, where she edited the monthly magazine The Net Cast in Many Waters. This had a special interest in missions in Zululand
, but also covered other Anglican missions, especially those run by the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel.
Mackenzie was the unmarried sister of Charles Frederick Mackenzie (1825–1862), Anglican priest and bishop of British Central Africa.
She spent some time teaching at mission schools in South Africa before joining the Zambesi Mission of the Universities' Mission to Central Africa
Universities' Mission to Central Africa
The Universities' Mission to Central Africa was a missionary society established by members of the Anglican Church within the universities of Oxford, Cambridge, Durham, and Dublin. It was firmly in the Anglo-Catholic tradition of the Church, and the first to devolve authority to a bishop in the...
, which was led by her brother. After his death she returned to England, where she edited the monthly magazine The Net Cast in Many Waters. This had a special interest in missions in Zululand
Zululand
Zululand may refer to:* Zulu Kingdom * Colony of Natal, which included Zululand between 1897 and 1910* Natal Province, which included Zululand between 1910 and 1980* KwaZulu, a Bantustan in South Africa...
, but also covered other Anglican missions, especially those run by the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel.