Samuel J. Smith
British missionary and printer in Siam
About Samuel J. Smith
Lived 1820 – 1909 (aged 88–89).
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).
Early life and education He was adopted in Burma by American missionaries John Taylor Jones and his wife Eliza, before the couple took up a new posting in Bangkok in 1833. Smith was sent to be educated in the United States.
Career He 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.
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Who was Samuel J. Smith?
British missionary and printer in Siam
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Samuel J. Smith was born in 1820.
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Samuel J. Smith died in 1909.
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