Eliza Grew Jones

Eliza Grew Jones
Missionary to Burma and Siam
Born(1803-03-30)March 30, 1803
Providence, Rhode Island
DiedMarch 28, 1838(1838-03-28) (aged 34)
Bangkok, Siam

Eliza Grew Jones (March 30, 1803[1] – March 28, 1838[2]) was an American Baptist missionary and lexicographer. She created a romanized script for writing the Siamese language, and created the first Siamese-English dictionary.

  1. ^ "Jones, Eliza Grew 1803–1838". Archived from the original on 2008-05-27. Retrieved 2008-02-24.
  2. ^ Locke, John Goodwin (1853). Book of the Lockes: A Genealogical and Historical Record of the Descendants of William Locke, of Woburn. James Munroe and Company. p. 269.