JOHN WILLIAMS
\d͡ʒˈɒn wˈɪli͡əmz], \dʒˈɒn wˈɪliəmz], \dʒ_ˈɒ_n w_ˈɪ_l_iə_m_z]\
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An English missionary; born at Tottenham, June 29, 1796; killed and eaten by cannibals, at Erromanga, New Hebrides, Nov. 20, 1839. His adventurous and generally successful life as a missionary extended over a period of more than twenty years (1816-39). He wrote that famous classic of missionary literature, "A Narrative of Missionary Enterprises in the South Sea Islands" (London and New York, 1837; 56th thousand, 1865).
By Charles Dudley Warner
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