London Missionary Society

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Family and Intimate relationships Sarah Stickney Ellis
The London Missionary Society commissioned SSE 's husband, William Ellis , to travel to Madagascar, where a campaign against British Christian missionaries was producing hundreds of grisly deaths.
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.
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Family and Intimate relationships Sarah Stickney Ellis
William Ellis , born into the labouring class, was a self-educated man of high attainments. He had worked as a foreign missionary with the London Missionary Society in Tahiti and Hawaii. In 1830 he...
Intertextuality and Influence Mary Lamb
Mary referred to her work as poor little baby-stories, in the context of her own inability (she said in a letter) to write about anything else except her current work.
Lamb, Charles, and Mary Lamb. The Letters of Charles and Mary Anne Lamb. Editor Marrs, Edwin J., Cornell University Press.
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(She reported Charles...
Theme or Topic Treated in Text Charlotte Montefiore
The novel's two main characters, Reuben Simeon and Caleb Ascher, are the eldest sons of their respective families, and as such are responsible for providing for the members of their household. Before the novel opens...

Timeline

1795: The London Missionary Society was founde...

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1795

The London Missionary Society was founded.

1819: Prince Pomare of Tahiti built a massive Christian...

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1819

Prince Pomare of Tahiti built a massive Christian church with the help of members of the London Missionary Society ; he was baptised there in front of 4,000 citizens, and Christianity spread throughout the island.

1820: John Philip travelled to South Africa to...

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1820

John Philip travelled to South Africa to oversee the activities of the London Missionary Society .

1820: David Jones of the Methodist London Missionary...

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1820

David Jones of the Methodist London Missionary Society travelled to Antananarivo in Madagascar, to spread the word of Christianity.

1820: John Philip travelled to South Africa to...

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1820

John Philip travelled to South Africa to oversee the activities of the London Missionary Society .

1835: The accession of a new ruler in Madagascar,...

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1835

The accession of a new ruler in Madagascar, Queen Ranavalona , brought a violent campaign against the missionaries of the Methodist London Missionary Society , which had been active there since 1820.

29 March 1842: The annual children's meeting of the London...

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29 March 1842

The annual children's meeting of the London Missionary Society drew between five and six thousand children.

1870: The first representatives of the London Missionary...

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1870

The first representatives of the London Missionary Society arrived in New Guinea.

26 May 1891: The directors' meeting of the London Missionary...

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26 May 1891

The directors' meeting of the London Missionary Society was first attended by women.

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