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Lillian Dickson (1901-1983) was an American missionary and evangelist for the Canadian Presbyterian Church, working mainly in Taiwan and among the Taiwanese aborigines such as the Tayal people.

Education
She graduated from Macalester College in 1924, receiving her B.A..

Studied at Biblical Seminary and National Bible Institute, New York City, New York, Ca. 1925.

Career
Dickson undertook missionary work in Formosa (now Taiwan), as the wife of Dr. James Dickson. She began work in 1927.

Family life
She had a total of 4 children, two of whom lived. She adopted a fifth.


 * Unnamed son - Sep 1928 (stillbirth )
 * Jeanna Naome - (Jul - Aug 1929)


 * Ronald James Dickson (1930 - 1982)
 * Marilyn Ruth (Dickson) Tank (1932 - )


 * Bi-lian “Mei-ling” Dickson - adopted in Formosa c. 1950s

Death
Lillian died in Taipei, Taiwan on January 14, 1983 at the age of 81, of natural causes. She was buried in ?Taiwan.