About William Henry Roberts
Lived 1847 – 1919 (aged 72). William Henry Roberts was a missionary.
William Henry Roberts (25 October 1847 – 24 December 1919) was a Baptist minister from the United States who worked for many years as a missionary in Burma.
He served under Confederate General Robert E. Lee with the Army of Northern Virginia during the American Civil War.
Legacy Roberts was followed by the Swedish-American missionary Ola Hanson, who arrived in 1890 and did much work in compiling a grammar and dictionary for their Jinghpaw language, and in translating hymns and the Bible into Jingpaw. In 1892 George J. Geis arrived, establishing a mission at Myitkyina, to the North of Bhamo.
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Who was William Henry Roberts?
Baptist minister, missionary (1847-1919)
When was William Henry Roberts born?
William Henry Roberts was born on 25 October 1847.
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William Henry Roberts died on 24 December 1919.
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William Henry Roberts was a missionary.
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