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Teny iditra1 Sibree James    
Sokajin-teny  2 anaran-tsamirery (olona) [Fitanisana]
Fanazavàna teny anglisy  3James Sibree (1836-1926).
4James Sibree was born in Hull on 14 April 1836.
5In his early life, Sibree served as an engineer's pupil and worked for the Hull Board of Health (1859-1863).
6In 1863 he sailed to Madagascar having been appointed Architect of the Memorial Churches, Tananarive, for the London Missionary Society (LMS).
7He worked on the churches at Ambatonakanga, Ambohipotsy, Andohalo and Manjakaray.
8He returned to England in 1867 to study at Spring Hill College, Moseley, near Birmingham.
9During his time at Spring Hill he also carried out deputation work for the London Missionary Society.
10James Sibree was ordained in 1870.
11He was also married in February of that year to Deborah Richardson.
12Together with his wife, he returned Madagascar as a missionary and was stationed at Ambohimanga.
13He worked on a revision of the Malagasy Bible, took part in a deputation and in 1876 went to work at the Theological Institution in Tananarive.
14In September 1877 the Sibrees returned to England, owing to problems with the local government.
15From 1877 to 1879, he carried out deputation work in England.
16In November 1879 he was appointed as Principal of the London Missionary Society High School at Vizagapatam, South India.
17However, due to illness the Sibrees returned to England in June 1880.
18From 1880 to 1883 he once more carried out deputation work in England.
19In 1883, he and his wife were re-appointed to Madagascar, where Sibree became Principal of the LMS College at Tananarive.
20The Sibrees left Madagascar, arriving back in England in November 1916.
21Deborah Sibree became ill, and a great deal of James Sibree's time was devoted to nursing her.
22She died on 21 July 1920.
23In the last years of his life, James Sibree continued to carry out much of the deputation work for the LMS and the Bible Society.
24In 1923, James Sibree completed the Register of Missionaries and Deputations of the LMS.
25[from mundus.ac.uk]. [3.1]
Voambolana  26 Tantara: olona 27 Haisoratra: mpanoratra
Asa navoany  28 A Madagascar Bibliography
29 Fifty Years in Madagascar : Personal Experiences of Mission Life and Work.
30 Malagasy Folk-tales
31 1870 Madagascar and its People
32 1870 Madagascar et ses Habitants : Journal d'un Séjour de Quatre Ans dans l'Ile
33 1880 The Great African Island : Chapters on Madagascar
34 1889 The Oratory, Songs, Legends, and Folk-tales of the Malagasy
35 1896 Madagascar before the Conquest : The island, the country, and the people
36 1915 A Naturalist in Madagascar : A Record of Observation, Experiences, and Impressions Made During a Period of Over Fifty Years' Intimate Association with the natives and Study of the Animal & Vegetable Life of the Island
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