Charles Abel (missionary)

Charles Abel
Missionary to the Territory of Papua
Born25 September 1863
Bloomsbury, London, England
Died10 April 1930(1930-04-10) (aged 66)
England
OccupationMissionary
Known forEstablishing the Kwato mission in Papua
SpouseBeatrice Moxon (1869–1939)
ChildrenPhyllis, Cecil, Russell and Marjorie

Charles William Abel (1863–1930) was a Congregationalist who founded the Kwato mission in the Territory of Papua, in what is now the Milne Bay Province of Papua New Guinea (PNG). He was the father of Sir Cecil Abel who played an important role in PNG at the time of its independence, and great-grandfather of Charles Abel, a government minister in PNG.