See also:

• WILLIAM
• WILLIAM (1143-1214)
• WILLIAM (1227-1256)
• WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
• WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
• WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
• WILLIAM, 13TH

WILLIAM See also:

• ELLIS (originally SHARPE), ALEXANDER JOHN (1814-189o)
• ELLIS, GEORGE (1753-1815)
• ELLIS, ROBINSON (1834- )
• ELLIS, SIR HENRY (1777-1869)
• WILLIAM ELLIS (1794 – 1872)

ELLIS (1794 – 1872)  , See also:

• ENGLISH

English See also:

• NONCONFORMIST

Nonconformist missionary, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born in See also:

• LONDON

London on the 29th of See also:

• AUGUST (originally Sextilis)

August 1794 . His boyhood and youth were spent at Wisbeach, where he worked as a See also:

• MARKET (Lat. mercatus, trade or place of trade)

market-gardener . In 1814 he offered himself to the London Missionary Society, and was accepted . During a See also:

• YEAR

year's training he acquired some knowledge of See also:

• THEOLOGY

theology and of various See also:

• PRACTICAL

practical arts, such as See also:

• PRINTING (from Lat. imprimere, O. Fr. empreindre)

printing and See also:

• BOOKBINDING

bookbinding . He sailed for the See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

South See also:

• SEA (in O. Eng. sae, a common Teutonic word; cf. Ger. See, Dutch Zee, &c.; the ultimate source is uncertain)
• SEA, COMMAND OF THE

Sea Islands in See also:

• JANUARY

January 1816, and remained in See also:

• POLYNESIA, (Gr. iroXi,, many, and vnno-os, island)
• POLYNESIA, MELANESIA, MICRONESIA (q.v.)

Polynesia, occupying various stations in See also:

• SUCCESSION (Lat. successio, from succedere, to follow after)

succession, until 1824, when he was compelled to return See also:

• HOME
• HOME, DANIEL DUNGLAS (1833-1886)
• HOME, EARLS OF

home on See also:

• ACCOUNT
• ACCOUNT (through O. Fr. acont, Late Lat. comptum, cornputare, to calculate)

account of the See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state of his wife's See also:

• HEALTH

health . Though the See also:

• PERIOD
• PERIOD (Gr. irepioSos, a going or way round, circuit, aepi, round, and &Sis, way, road)

period of his See also:

• RESIDENCE (Latin residere, to remain behind, to dwell, reside)

residence in the islands was thus comparatively See also:

• SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

short, his labours were very fruitful, contributing perhaps as much as those of any other missionary to bring about the extraordinary improvement in the religious, moral and social See also:

• CONDITION (Lat. condicio, from condicere, to agree upon, arrange; not connected with conditio, from condere, conditum, to put together)

condition of the Pacific See also:

• ARCHIPELAGO

Archipelago that took See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place during the 19th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century . Besides promoting the spiritual See also:

• OBJECT

object of his See also:

• MISSION

mission, he introduced many other See also:

• AIDS

aids to the improvement of the condition of the See also:

• PEOPLE

people . His gardening experience enabled him successfully to acclimatize many See also:

• SPECIES

species of tropical fruits and See also:

• PLANTS

plants, and he set up and worked the first printing See also:

• PRESS (through Fr. presse from Lat. pressare, frequentative of premere, to crush, squeeze, press)

press in the South Seas . Returning home by way of the See also:

• UNITED

United States, where he advocated his See also:

• WORK

work, See also:

• ELLIS (originally SHARPE), ALEXANDER JOHN (1814-189o)
• ELLIS, GEORGE (1753-1815)
• ELLIS, ROBINSON (1834- )
• ELLIS, SIR HENRY (1777-1869)
• ELLIS, WILLIAM (1794 – 1872)

Ellis was for some years employed as a travelling See also:

• AGENT (from Lat. agere, to act)

agent of the London Missionary Society, and in 1832 was appointed See also:

• FOREIGN

foreign secretary to the society, an See also:

• OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")

office which he held for seven years . In 1837 he married his second wife, Sarah Stickney, a writer and teacher of some See also:

• NOTE
• NOTE (Lat. nota, mark, sign, from noscere, to know)

note in her See also:

• GENERATION (from Lat. generare, to beget, procreate; genus, stock, race)

generation . In 1841 he went to live at See also:

• HODDESDON

Hoddesdon, Herts, and ministered to a small Congregational See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

church there . On behalf of the London Missionary Society he paid three visits to See also:

• MADAGASCAR

Madagascar (1853–1857), inquiring into the prospects for resuming the work that had been suspended by See also:

• QUEEN
• QUEEN (O.E. cwen, wife, related to "quean," O.E. cwene, a hussy; cf. Gr. yvvi7: from root gan-, to produce; cf. genus, " kin," &c.)

Queen Ranavolona's hostility .

A further visit was paid in 1863 . Ellis wrote accounts of all his travels, and See also:

• SOUTHEY, ROBERT (1774-1843)

Southey's praise (in the Quarterly See also:

• REVIEW (Fr. revue, from revoir, to see again, Lat. re and videre)

Review) of his Polynesian Researches (2 vols., 1829) finds many echoes . He was a fearless, upright and tactful See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

man, and a keen observer of nature . He died on the 25th of See also:

• JUNE

June 1872 .