See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

JOHN See also:

• WILLIAMS
• WILLIAMS, JOHN (1582-1650)
• JOHN WILLIAMS (1796-1839)
• WILLIAMS, ROGER (c. 1604–1684)
• WILLIAMS, ROWLAND (1817-1870)
• WILLIAMS, SIR WILLIAM FENWICK

WILLIAMS (1796-1839)  , See also:

• ENGLISH

English See also:

• NONCONFORMIST

Nonconformist missionary, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• TOTTENHAM

Tottenham near See also:

• LONDON

London on the 29th of See also:

• JUNE

June 1796 . He was trained as an ironmonger, and acquired considerable experience in See also:

• MECHANICAL

mechanical See also:

• WORK

work . Having offered himself to the London Missionary Society, he was sent, after some training, in 1816 to Eimeo, in the Society Islands, where he rapidly acquired a knowledge of the native See also:

• LANGUAGE (adapted from the Fr. langage, from langue, tongue, Lat. lingua)

language . After staying there for a See also:

• SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

short See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time, he finally settled at Raiatea, which became his permanent headquarters . His success as a missionary here and elsewhere was remarkable . The See also:

• PEOPLE

people rapidly became Christianized and adopted many of the habits of See also:

• CIVILIZATION

civilization . See also:

• WILLIAMS
• WILLIAMS, JOHN (1582-1650)
• WILLIAMS, JOHN (1796-1839)
• WILLIAMS, ROGER (c. 1604–1684)
• WILLIAMS, ROWLAND (1817-1870)
• WILLIAMS, SIR WILLIAM FENWICK

Williams was fairly liberal for his See also:

• AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

age, and the results of his labours among the Pacific Islands were essentially beneficial . He travelled unceasingly among the various See also:

• ISLAND (O.E. ieg =isle, +land')

island See also:

• GROUPS
• GROUPS, THEORY

groups, planting stations and settling native missionaries whom he himself had trained . From the Society Islands he visited the See also:

• HERVEY, JAMES (1714–1758)

Hervey See also:

• GROUP

group, where he discovered, and stayed for a considerable time on, the island of Rarotonga . Most of the in-habitants of the group were converted in a remarkably short time, and Williams's See also:

• INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

influence over them, as over the people of other groups, was very See also:

• GREAT

great . Besides establishing See also:

• CHRISTIANITY

Christianity and civilization among them, he also, at their own See also:

• REQUEST, LETTERS OF

request, helped them to draw up a See also:

• CODE (Lat. codex)

code of See also:

• LAWS

laws for See also:

• CIVIL

civil See also:

• ADMINISTRATION (Lat. administrare, to serve)

administration upon the basis of the new See also:

• RELIGION
• RELIGION, FOLKLORE, CUSTOM

religion .