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- 1861-1890s (Creation)
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2 volumes, 1 file
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Born, 1821; entered the service of the Wesleyan Methodist Missionary Society in Hatton Garden, London; cared for Spanish sailors visiting the port of London and learnt Spanish; requested the Missionary Committee to send him to Spain; lay agent at Barcelona, employed in educational and evangelistic work; missionary to the Balearic Isles, 1879-1888; returned to England owing to ill health; served at City Road, London, 1888; Brighton, 1890; died, 1899.
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The papers were deposited with the Methodist Missionary Society and form part of the special series of biographical papers of individual missionaries.
GB 0102 MMS/Special Series/Biographical/Europe/FBN 1 ( Box 587) 1861-1890s Collection (fonds) 2 volumes, 1 file Brown , William Thomas , 1821-1899 , missionary
Born, 1821; entered the service of the Wesleyan Methodist Missionary Society in Hatton Garden, London; cared for Spanish sailors visiting the port of London and learnt Spanish; requested the Missionary Committee to send him to Spain; lay agent at Barcelona, employed in educational and evangelistic work; missionary to the Balearic Isles, 1879-1888; returned to England owing to ill health; served at City Road, London, 1888; Brighton, 1890; died, 1899.
The papers were deposited with the Methodist Missionary Society and form part of the special series of biographical papers of individual missionaries.
Deposited on permanent loan with the records of the Methodist Missionary Society from 1978.
Papers, 1861-1890s, of William Thomas Brown, including observations on Spain and religious matters, and comprising a journal, presumed to be Brown's, 1861-1863; journal with copies of letters sent and received, 1869-1870; manuscripts on 'Contributions towards a History of Methodist Schools in Spain', 1869-1873, and 'Glimpses of a Mission in Spain', including copies of letters, 1880s-1890s.
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Unpublished handlist.
Published on microfiche by IDC Publishers.
The School of Oriental and African Studies holds the records of the Wesleyan Methodist Missionary Society (Ref: MMS/WMMS), including letters from individual missionaries, among them Brown (Ref: MMS/WMMS Europe Correspondence).
Compiled by Rachel Kemsley as part of the RSLP AIM25 project. Sources: Alphabetical Arrangement of Wesleyan Methodist Ministers (1896); Wesleyan Methodist Church Minutes of Conference (1899), p 41. Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997. Feb 2002 Ancient religions Brown , William Thomas , 1821-1899 , missionary Catholicism Christianity Christians Denominational schools Diaries Documents Educational institutions Educational missionaries Educational missionary work Europe Evangelistic missionaries Evangelistic missionary work Information sources Literary forms and genres Literature Methodism Methodists Missionaries Missionary work Mission educational institutions Nonfiction Primary documents Prose Protestantism Protestant nonconformists Protestant nonconformity Protestants Religions Religious activities Religious groups Religious institutions Religious movements Schools Spain Travel Travel abroad Wesleyan Methodist Missionary Society Western Europe Nonconformists Nonconformity
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Deposited on permanent loan with the records of the Methodist Missionary Society from 1978.
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Papers, 1861-1890s, of William Thomas Brown, including observations on Spain and religious matters, and comprising a journal, presumed to be Brown's, 1861-1863; journal with copies of letters sent and received, 1869-1870; manuscripts on 'Contributions towards a History of Methodist Schools in Spain', 1869-1873, and 'Glimpses of a Mission in Spain', including copies of letters, 1880s-1890s.
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Unrestricted, but only to be viewed on microfiche.
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No publication without written permission. Apply to archivist in the first instance.
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- English
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- Latin
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English
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The School of Oriental and African Studies holds the records of the Wesleyan Methodist Missionary Society (Ref: MMS/WMMS), including letters from individual missionaries, among them Brown (Ref: MMS/WMMS Europe Correspondence).
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Unpublished handlist.
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Published on microfiche by IDC Publishers.
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- Religions » Ancient religions
- Religions » Ancient religions » Christianity » Catholicism
- Religions » Ancient religions » Christianity
- Religious groups » Christians
- Schools » Denominational schools
- Documents
- Educational institutions
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- Literature
- Religious activities » Missionary work
- Documents » Primary documents
- Literary forms and genres » Prose
- Religions » Ancient religions » Christianity » Protestantism
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- Religious institutions
- Religious institutions » Religious movements
- Schools
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- Travel » Travel abroad
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Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.
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