George Turner
British missionary of the London Missionary Society and anthropologist
About George Turner
Lived 1817 – 1891 (aged 73–74). George Turner was a British anthropologist and missionary.
George Turner (1818 – 19 May 1891) was an English missionary, active in Samoa and elsewhere in the South Pacific.
He was the author of Nineteen Years in Polynesia: Missionary Life, Travels, and Researches in the Islands of the Pacific, 1861. He also wrote Samoa A Hundred Years Ago and Long Before, 1884.
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Who was George Turner?
British missionary of the London Missionary Society and anthropologist (1817–1891)
When was George Turner born?
George Turner was born in 1817 in Irvine.
When did George Turner die?
George Turner died on 19 May 1891 in Greater London.
What was George Turner's occupation?
George Turner was an anthropologist and missionary.
What nationality was George Turner?
George Turner was British.
Sources & further reading
· DBpedia: George Turner (missionary)
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