Annie Royle Taylor
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Hannah Royle Taylor, known as Annie Royle Taylor, was an English explorer and Evangelical missionary to Tibet. She was the first Western woman known to have visited Tibet. She attempted to reach the "forbidden" city of Lhasa in 1892–1893.
Domka Nedo monastery near Gyegu. When Taylor passed through this region in November 1892 it was cold and snowy.
Annie Taylor's Tibetan Pioneer Mission. Back row (from the left): Johan A. Johansen, T. J. Orr, James Neave, Tom Craig, Theodor Sørensen, H. Arnott, G. Shireff. Middle: William Soutter, Pontso, Miss Annie R. Taylor, Mrs. Mackenzie, Evan Mackenzie. Front: Edward Amundsen, Henry M. Stumbles, James Moyes.
Cecil Polhill
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Cecil Henry Polhill, formerly Cecil Henry Polhill-Turner was a British Anglican missionary and Pentecostal leader.
Annie Royle Taylor's "Tibetan Pioneer Band" in Tibetan dress, of which Polhill assumed the leadership; c. 1894.