Rev John Milton Brown journal

Journal begins 5 October 1866 with Rev Brown's ordination in the chapel at Richmond College [Surrey] and ends on New Year's Eve 1889 with him working in the vicinity of Calcutta [Kolkata, India]. Entries are infrequent and on occasion very brief. Rear of volume contains lists of sermons preached (wi...

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Order number: MMS/Special Series/Biographical/India/FBN 22 (fiche 954-957)
Date(s) of creation: 1866-1889
Level: Sub-Sub-Series
Format: Archive           
Main author: Brown; John Milton (1843-1934); ordained and educational missionary

Order number: MMS/Special Series/Biographical/India/FBN 22 (fiche 954-957)
Summary: Journal begins 5 October 1866 with Rev Brown's ordination in the chapel at Richmond College [Surrey] and ends on New Year's Eve 1889 with him working in the vicinity of Calcutta [Kolkata, India]. Entries are infrequent and on occasion very brief. Rear of volume contains lists of sermons preached (with texts used) and comments on English education in India, population of Ceylon [Sri Lanka] in 1868, Sanskrit literature as well as notes on the Methodist missions in Ceylon [Sri Lanka] and India.
Main author: Brown; John Milton (1843-1934); ordained and educational missionary
Extent: 1 volume
Admin history: John Milton Brown, the son of William Brown, was born on 26 June 1843 in Porlock, Somerset. He was educated at the Wesleyan Day School in Dunster, Somerset, where he spent five years as a pupil teacher. He entered Richmond College in 1863 and his first ministerial posting was to the Tamil District in North Ceylon [Sri Lanka] departing England aboard the 'Thames' on 13 October 1866. After arriving in Ceylon [Sri Lanka] in February 1867 he soon fell under the guidance and influence of John Kilner, a strong advocate for self-supporting a ... View more
Access status: Open
Access conditions: Only to be viewed on microfiche
Copyright: Copyright probably held by Trustees for Methodist Church Purposes
User restrictions: For permission to publish, please contact Archives & Special Collections, SOAS Library in the first instance
Language: English
Related material: Also within the records of the (Wesleyan) Methodist Missionary Society is the official correspondence for John Milton Brown in Ceylon [Sri Lanka] (MMS/Ceylon/Correspondence/North Ceylon/FBN 6-7) and India (MMS/India/Correspondence/Calcutta/FBN 1-2 & MMS/India/Correspondence/Lucknow/FBN 3-5). Further information on Brown's work, as well as the work of his colleagues, will be contained in the Synod Minutes for Ceylon (MMS/Ceylon/Synod Minutes/FBN 1-2) and India (MMS/India/Synod Minutes/FBN 2-4). Any extant correspondence written by R ... View more
Format: Archive