Louis T. Leonowens
Deceased Person
1856 – 1919
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Who was Louis T. Leonowens?
Louis Thomas Gunnis Leonowens was a British subject who was the basis of a major character in the 1944 novel Anna and the King of Siam, as well as other fictional works based on it. He was the son of Anna Leonowens, famous as a tutor of King Chulalongkorn of Siam. Leonowens later served as an officer with the Siamese Royal Cavalry and founded a Thai trading company that still bears his name, Louis T. Leonowens Ltd.
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- Born
- Oct 25, 1856
- Also known as
- Louis Leonowens
- Thomas Leonowens
- Parents
- Died
- Feb 17, 1919
London - Resting place
- Brompton Cemetery
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on July 23, 2013
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