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Williams, John

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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Missionary and martyr, born near London; brought up an ironmonger; offered his services to the London Missionary Society; was sent out in 1816 to the Society Islands; laboured with conspicuous success among the natives; came home in 1834, and after four years returned, but was murdered at Erromango in the New Hebrides, and his body eaten by the cannibals (1796-1839).

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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Williams, John'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​nut/​w/williams-john.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
 
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