John Eliot (missionary)

For other people with the same name, see John Eliot.

The Reverend
John Eliot
Born1604
Widford, Hertfordshire, England
Died21 May 1690(1690-05-21) (aged 85–86)
Roxbury, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British America
Occupation(s)Puritan missionary, and religious teacher to American Indians
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John Eliot (c. 1604 – 21 May 1690) was a Puritan missionary to the American Indians who some called "the apostle to the Indians"[1][2][3] and the founder of Roxbury Latin School in the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1645. In 1660 he completed the enormous task of translating the Eliot Indian Bible into the Massachusett Indian language, producing more than two thousand completed copies.

  1. ^ Moore, Martin (1822). The Life and Character of Rev. John Eliot, Apostle of the N.A. Indians. Boston: T. Bedlington. rev john elliot.
  2. ^ "English Bible History: John Eliot". The Great Site. Retrieved 7 August 2013.
  3. ^ Walker, Williston (1911). "Eliot, John" . In Chisholm, Hugh (ed.). Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 9 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 277–278.