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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 45. Chapters: 19th-century Baptist clergy, Charles Spurgeon, Robert Hall, Adoniram Judson, William Knibb, Arthur Gostick Shorrock, Octavius Winslow, James Phillippo, Jennie Faulding Taylor, George Washington Baines, Samuel Oughton, Joseph Jackson Fuller, William Winterbotham, Joshua Marshman, John Clark Marshman, William Ward, Luther Rice, Richard Barcham Shalders, Hannah Marshman, Alfred Sturge, Nathaniel Rogers, William Bullein Johnson, Hugh Stowell Brown, Thomas Burchell, William Garrett Lewis, Andrew Fuller, John Albert Broadus, Archibald G. Brown, Thomas Spurgeon, Daniel Taylor, John Howard Hinton, Francis Mason, Richard Francis Weymouth, Daniel Faunce, John Foster, Alfred Saker, Charles Stanford, John Rippon, Henry Adams, David Leroy Nickens, Charles Rufus Brown, John Newton Brown, Edward Mote, Henry Dunckley, Joseph Harris, Joseph Willis, William Gadsby, Baptist Wriothesley Noel, Samuel Cox, Basil Manly, Sr.. Excerpt: Adoniram Judson, Jr. (9 August 1788 - 12 April 1850) was an American Baptist missionary, who served in Burma for almost forty years. At the age of 25, Adoniram Judson became the first Protestant missionary sent from North America to preach in Burma. His mission and work led to the formation of the first Baptist association in America, inspired many Americans to become or support missionaries, translated the Bible into Burmese, and established a number of Baptist churches in Burma. He is sometimes mistakenly referred to as the first missionary to Burma, but he was actually preceded by James Chater and Richard Mardon who arrived in 1807. They were followed by Felix Carey. However, since those who came earlier did not remain very long, Judson is remembered as the first significant missionary there, as well as one of the group of the very first missionaries from America to travel overseas. House where Judson was ...
