Elizabeth Renner (died 1826) was a Canadian-born missionary teacher who taught in Sierra Leone.Fiona Leach
''Reclaiming the Women of Britain's First Mission to West Africa: Three Lives''
Brill, 2019, p. 239. Renner was a Nova Scotia Settler. She emigrated from Nova Scotia to

Freetown Freetown () is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Sierra Leone. It is a major port city on the Atlantic Ocean and is located in the Western Area of the country. Freetown is Sierra Leone's major urban, economic, financial, cultural, e ...

, Sierra Leone, in 1792. In 1804, she became the housekeeper of the

Melchior Renner Melchior Renner (1770–1821) was a German missionary who served in Sierra Leone. Renner and Peter Hartwig, both German Lutherans, were the first CMS missionaries in Africa, recruited to a mission in Freetown Freetown () is the Capital city, ...

Württemberg Württemberg ( ; ) is a historical German territory roughly corresponding to the cultural and linguistic region of Swabia. The main town of the region is Stuttgart. Together with Baden and Province of Hohenzollern, Hohenzollern, two other histo ...

, who was one of the first three missionaries sent to Africa and Freetown by the British Anglican

Church Mission Society The Church Mission Society (CMS), formerly known as the Church Missionary Society, is a British Anglican mission society working with Christians around the world. Founded in 1799, CMS has attracted over nine thousand men and women to serve as ...

(CMS) that same year. In 1808, she married Melchior Renner. She managed the missionary Bashia School for girls in 1808–1818. She was the first female teacher and principal of a girls' school in the missionary in Africa. Her school had many students from the elite Euro-African families of the region. One of her students were Elizabeth Frazer Skelton.{{Cn, date=November 2023

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