Name John Inglis Role Missionary | Died 1891 | |
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John Inglis (14 July 1808 – 18 July 1891) was a Scottish missionary to the New Hebrides (now known as Vanuatu). He was born in Moniave, Dumfriesshire, Scotland on 14 July 1808. He studied at the University of Glasgow, and was ordained a minister in the Reformed Presbyterian Church in 1843. He served as a missionary on Aneiteum from 1852 to 1877.
Inglis wrote a dictionary of the Aneiteum language, as well as In The New Hebrides: Reminiscences Of Missionary Life And Work, Especially On The Island Of Aneityum, From 1850 Till 1877.
J. Graham Miller describes Inglis as a man of "superior gifts, wise words and judicious pen."
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