Edward Winter Clark

Clark with his wife, Mary

Edward Winter Clark (E. W. Clark) (February 25, 1830[1] – March 18, 1913) was an American missionary. Clark is known for his pioneering missionary work in Nagaland and for his work on transcribing the spoken Ao language into a written script.[2][3] Clark created the first bilingual dictionary of the Ao language and along with his wife, Mary Mead Clark,[4] set up the first school in the Naga hills region of North-East India.[1] Clark documented their experience in Assam and the Naga Hills in A Corner in India.

  1. ^ a b McFayden, Narola (2016). Traveling in Time with Pioneers of Our Faith. Nagaland: Knowledge Foundation.
  2. ^ University of Pennsylvania website, Online Books by Edward Winter Clark
  3. ^ HathiTrust website, link to Ao-Naga dictionary, by E. W. Clark; assisted by Mrs. Clark and by Nagas Idizungba, Scvbong-Lvmba and Kilep Alvm
  4. ^ Nagaland Baptist Church Council website, Nagaland Mission Movement