About William Henry Brett
Lived 1818 – 1886 (aged 67). William Henry Brett was a British missionary.
William Henry Brett (21 December 1818 – 10 February 1886 After suffering from malaria, he was forced to return to England in 1849 but returned late the following year. In total, Brett spent almost forty years as a missionary to the native peoples of South America, retiring in 1879. He translated the New Testament and the Book of Common Prayer into several of their languages.
William Henry Brett married Caroline Nowers in 1845.
Brett died 2 October 1886 in Paignton at the age of 67. and, in 1881, Mission work among the Indian tribes in the forests of Guiana. In 1851, he published Indian missions in Guiana.
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British missionary (1818–1886)
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William Henry Brett was born on 21 December 1818 in Dover.
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William Henry Brett died on 10 February 1886 in Paignton, United Kingdom.
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