Dorothy Anne Mowll

Dorothy Anne Mowll nee Martin (18 June 1890 — 23 December 1957) was an English missionary to China before moving to Sydney where her legacy includes the Anglican Retirement Villages, the Church of England National Emergency Fund, Gilbulla conference centre and extensions to Deer Park.

She was the fourth of six children born over a six year period to missionary parents, John and Eliza, working in Fuzhou, China. In 1894, when Eliza died, they were sent to Bath to be looked after by aunts. Her father, Rev John Martin, remarried in 1911 and remained in Fuzhou until 1916.

From the age of 18 until 25 she obtained a Kindergarten Certificate, followed by a Teacher Training Diploma of the National Froebel Union, and then, finally gained medical experience at the Bermondsey Medical Mission.