John Taylor Jones

John Taylor Jones
BornJuly 16, 1802 (1802-07-16)
New Ipswich, New Hampshire
DiedSeptember 13, 1851 (1851-09-14) (aged 49)
Bangkok, Siam

John Taylor Jones (July 16, 1802 – September 13, 1851) was an American missionary, and one of the earliest Protestant missionary to Siam (now Thailand) with his wife, Eliza Grew Jones. He is credited with introducing to Siam the modern world map,[1][2] and producing a translation of the New Testament in Siamese (Thai) from Greek.

  1. ^ The Nation. "Buddhist Reformation Archived 2008-10-17 at the Wayback Machine", October 20, 2004. Retrieved on February 21, 2009.
  2. ^ Thongchai Winichakul (1997). Siam Mapped, p. 37.