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Mother Teresa
Missionaries of Charity; served Kolkata's poor
Born 1910 ๐ฆ๐ฑ Albania/India 1950
โ Known For
1
Founded Missionaries of Charity (1950) โ now in 130 countries
2
Cared personally for the sick, dying, and abandoned in Kolkata
3
Nobel Peace Prize (1979); canonised as Saint Teresa of Calcutta (2016)
Nobel Peace Prize 1979; canonised as Saint Teresa in 2016
Quick Facts
Category
โ Activism
Country
๐ฆ๐ฑ Albania/India
Born
1910
Key Year
1950
Achievement
Missionaries of Charity; served Kolkata's poor