WYATT, Joseph Light. Bishopsworth near Bristol 31.3.1841 — Brandon, Suffolk 22.2.1936. Rev. British Missionary and Tamil Scholar in India. Son-in-law of —> R. Caldwell. Born into a large farming family, son of Joseph Wyatt and Martha Light. M.A. Trained as missionary in Canterbury. Worked in South India in 1867-98, first…
WÜRTH, Johann Gottlob. Pleidelsheim bei Ludwigsburg, Württemberg 18.9.1820 — Mangalore2?.12.1869 (soon after Christmas). Rev. German Missionary in South India. Of a modest family, apprenticed to local village surgeon when 14. He turned to religion and from 1840 was trained as missionary in Basel. Joined the Basel Mission and arrived in…
WISER, William Hen(d)ricks. Pottstown, Pa 28.1.1890 — Uniontown, Pa 21.2.1961. U.S. Presbyter Missionary and Anthropologist in India. Graduated B.A. from the University of Chicago. Ph.D. 1933 Cornell, in rural organization. In 1915 left for India, worked first at Allahabad Agricultural Institute, then also in Kanpur and in 1925-30 in Karimpur…
WINSLOW, Miron. Williston, Vermont 11.12.1789 — Cape Town 22.10.1864. Rev. U.S. Missionary and Tamil Lexicographer in South Asia, where he remained in 1819-64. Son of Nathaniel W. and Anna Kellogg. Graduated from Middlebury College 1815 and Andover Theological Seminary 1818. Together with his wife he arrived in December 1819 at…
WINFIELD, Walter Warren. 8.6.1889 — 6.4.1970. Rev. British Baptist Missionary in India. Son of Harry W. and Clara Jane East (d. 1906). B.A., B.D. In 1917-27 worked in Udayagiri. Married 1919 in Madras Lottie Lydia Johnson, at least one son. Publications: A grammar of the Kui language. 14+248 p. Bibl. Ind.…
WILSON, John. Lauder, Berwickshire 11.12.1804 — near Bombay 1.12.1875. Rev. British (Scottish) Missionary in India, Indologist and Iranian Scholar. Son of Andrew W., a farmer and township councillor, and Janet Hunter. From the age of 14 studied arts, then theology at Edinburgh, during holidays worked as tutor. He became early…
WILKINS, William Joseph. Sutton Coldfield near Birmingham 1843 — 1902. British Missionary in India. Educated at Hackney College and Highgate. Ordained, went to India in 1867 and remained four years as pastor in Calcutta. In service of London Missionary Society worked as teacher in Bhownipur College in Calcutta. Returned to England…
WILKINS, Gordon Smedley. 1869 — 1957. Rev. British Baptist Missionary in India. Worked in Sambalpur 1892-95, Berhampur 1895-1907, Cuttack 1907-09, Russekonda 1909-11, Berhampur 1911-13, Padampur 1913-16 and Cuttack 1916-27. In retirement living in London. Married Ellen Lucy Pike, the daughter of —> Rev. —> J. G. Pike, children. Publications: Completed…
WHITLEY, Jabez Cornelius. London (or Shoreditch, Middlesex) 20.1.1837 — Darjeeling 13/18.10.1904. Right Rev. British Missionary in India. Son of Rev. Edward Wh. and Ann Hunt, educated at the Mercer’s School, Holborn, and Queen’s College, Cambridge (B.A. 1859), ordained deacon 1860, priest 1861. “Went to India in 1862 as a Missionary…
WHITEHEAD, George. 1862 — Halton West, North Yorkshire 3.4.1935. Rev. British Anglican Missionary. From Yorkshire. B.A. 1884 University of London. Ordained deacon 1886 and priest 1887 in Mandalay. From 1886 worked in various positions in Burma, then in the Nicobars in 1912-14 and 1916-21. Constructed Latin alphabet for the Car…