Judson, Edward. The Life of Adoniram Judson. New York: Anson D. F. Randolph and Company, 1883. First Edition. [11736]
Worn original brown cloth publisher's binding, frayed at the ends & corners, 8 1/4 x 6 1/4 inches, previous owner's name crossed out in black marker inside the front cover. xii, 2, 601 pages, a few pages with marginalia, illustrated, tight. Good. Hardcover.
Adoniram Judson (1788-1850), b. Malden, Massachusetts; d. Indian Ocean. American linguist and missionary, Judson graduated from Brown in 1807, taught for a year, studied at Andover Theological Seminary, was ordained in 1812 and went to Burma in that year as a Baptist missionary. He was widowed twice and married three times, in each case to women who were missionaries in their own right. He was imprisoned as a spy during the Anglo-Burmese War (1824-26). He translated the Bible into Burmese and converted thousands to Christianity. He died a few days after leaving Burma on a voyage for his health.
