Bradley's relationship with royalty is the change that took place in the educational system. Mongkut valued education highly and Bradley created boarding schools for native children to learn in a Western educational setting. The boarding schools, while unsuccessful, showed the emphasis put on education in Siam during this period. Bradley advised the royal court to pursue education until his death. As an advocate of education, Bradley had high regard for Anna Leonowens, the teacher of Mongkut's children. Bradley admired the perseverance of Leonowens even though she was not treated with respect from the Siamese. Bradley did admit, however, that Leonowens did not have a significant impact on Siam, an opinion at odds with hers which she recorded in her two volumes of memoirs beginning with The English Governess at the Siamese Court (1870), later fictionalized in Margaret Landon's novel Anna and the King of Siam (1944). Other contributions Besides bringing the printing press to Siam, starting the first newspaper, and writing many books, Bradley is credited with translating the Old Testament into Siamese. Bradley was an advocate for Siam's equality and translated French policies into Siamese. Death and legacy Bradley died on 23 June 1873. He is remembered in Thailand for introducing vaccination, Western medicine, and the printing press to Thailand, as well as stressing Siamese equality and a better education system. He is buried in the Bangkok Protestant Cemetery. In 1981, Bangkok Christian Hospital began construction on a new 13-story edifice named in Bradley's honor: Mo ( ) Bradley Building (). It officially opened on 3 August 1987. See also Christianity in Thailand John Taylor Jones Protestants in Thailand Dan Bradley House References Further reading Bradley, William L., Siam Then, William Carey Library, Pasadena, California, 1981. Lord, Donald C., Mo Bradley and Thailand, William B. Eerdman's, Grand Rapids, Michigan, 1969. Feltus, George Haws, ed., Abstract of the Journal of Rev. Dan Beach Bradley, M. D. Medical Missionary in Siam 1835-1873, Pilgrim Church, Cleveland, Ohio, 1936. Heffernan, Kathryn C., "Nine Mile Country: The History of the Town of Marcellus, N.Y.", Marcellus Free Library, Marcellus, NY, 1978. Bowman, J. The Kingdom and People of Siam. London: J.W. Parker, 1857. Smithies, M. Descriptions of Old Siam. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1995 External links อักขราภิธานศัพท์ Dictionary of the Siamese Language at SEAlang.net (DjVu) Biography by Derick Garnier Oberlin Biography of Dan Beach Bradley Dan Graves, "Thailand's Pioneer Missionary, Dan Bradley" at Christianity.com 1804