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Samuel J. Smith
Samuel Jones Smith (6 July 1820 – 10 October 1909) was a Baptist missionary of Indo-British birth who became well-known as a printer and publisher in Siam (Thailand). He was adopted in Burma by American missionaries John Taylor Jones and his wife Eliza Grew Jones, Eliza, before the couple took up a new posting in Bangkok in 1833. Smith was sent to be educated in the United States, and returned to Bangkok as a missionary in 1849. In 1869, he left the mission and established a printing house, publishing several newspapers such as The Siam Weekly Advertiser as well as many popular works of Thai literature. Notes References Further reading * British Baptist missionaries Baptist missionaries in Thailand Expatriates in the Rattanakosin Kingdom British people of Anglo-Indian descent Burials at the Bangkok Protestant Cemetery Publishing in Thailand 1820 births 1909 deaths 19th-century Baptists {{Thailand-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samuel Jones Smith
Samuel Jones Smith (6 July 1820 – 10 October 1909) was a Baptist missionary of Indo-British birth who became well-known as a printer and publisher in Siam (Thailand). He was adopted in Burma by American missionaries John Taylor Jones and his wife Eliza Grew Jones, Eliza, before the couple took up a new posting in Bangkok in 1833. Smith was sent to be educated in the United States, and returned to Bangkok as a missionary in 1849. In 1869, he left the mission and established a printing house, publishing several newspapers such as The Siam Weekly Advertiser as well as many popular works of Thai literature. Notes References Further reading * British Baptist missionaries Baptist missionaries in Thailand Expatriates in the Rattanakosin Kingdom British people of Anglo-Indian descent Burials at the Bangkok Protestant Cemetery Publishing in Thailand 1820 births 1909 deaths 19th-century Baptists {{Thailand-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
