About John Elias Williams
Lived 1871 – 1927 (aged 55–56). John Elias Williams was a missionary.
John Elias Williams (; 1871 – 24 March 1927) was a missionary to China, he served with the American Presbyterian Mission for 28 years. He was also the vice president of the University of Nanking. He was murdered in the Nanking Incident on 24 March 1927.
Williams served several years as principal of the Presbyterian Academy in Nanking, a boys' school. He later taught for a year at Waseda University, Tokyo. He returned in 1907 to Nanking, where he helped open Union College, formed by the union of several mission schools. Williams served as acting dean of the college of arts and science and as vice president.
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American missionary
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John Elias Williams was born in 1871.
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John Elias Williams died on 24 March 1927.
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John Elias Williams was a missionary.
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