Elisabeth Elliot

Elisabeth Elliot
BornElisabeth Howard
(1926-12-21)December 21, 1926
Brussels, Belgium
DiedJune 15, 2015(2015-06-15) (aged 88)
Magnolia, Massachusetts
OccupationMissionary
Author
Public speaker
NationalityAmerican
GenreBiography
Christian living
Spouse
  • (m. 1953; died 1956)

    Addison Leitch
    (m. 1969; died 1973)

    Lars Gren
    (m. 1977)
ChildrenValerie Elliot
Website
www.elisabethelliot.org

Elisabeth Elliot (née Howard; December 21, 1926 – June 15, 2015) was a Christian missionary, author, and speaker. Her first husband, Jim Elliot, was killed in 1956 while attempting to make missionary contact with the Auca people (now known as Huaorani; also rendered as Waorani or Waodani) of eastern Ecuador. She later spent two years as a missionary to the tribe members who killed her husband. After living in South America for many years, she returned to the United States, wrote over twenty books, and became widely known as an author and a speaker. Elliot toured the country well into her seventies, sharing her knowledge and talking about her experience.[1]

  1. ^ Shellnutt, Kate (June 15, 2015). "Missionary Pioneer Elisabeth Elliot Passes Through Gates of Splendor". Christianity Today. Retrieved June 15, 2015.