Robert Jermain Thomas, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Robert Jermain Thomas

missionary pioneer

Date of Birth: 07-Sep-1840

Place of Birth: Rhayader, Wales, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 31-Aug-1866

Profession: missionary

Nationality: Wales

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Robert Jermain Thomas (1839 – died c.
31 August 1866) was a Welsh Protestant Christian missionary who served with the London Missionary Society in late Qing Dynasty China and Korea.
While serving as a missionary to China, Thomas developed a strong desire to work among the people of Korea.
At the time, Korea was closed to foreigners because of the government's fear of foreign influence.
Many Koreans had been converted by Catholic priests in the late 1700s, but the government killed 8,000 of those converts in 1866.