William Williams (missionary), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

William Williams (missionary)

Welsh missionary, born 1859

Date of Birth: 11-Feb-1859

Place of Birth: Ceredigion, Wales, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 22-Apr-1892

Profession: missionary

Nationality: Wales

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

William Williams (11 February 1859 – 22 April 1892) was a Welsh Presbyterian missionary to Khasi Hills, northeast India, in the late 19th century.
He was a son of a ship captain in Nanternis, a small village in Wales.
Following his father's footstep he became a sailor for five years.
Then he took a profession in carpentry for two years.
After graduating in theology from East London Missionary Training Institute (now Cliff College) he became a pastor.
Pursuing his ambition he became a missionary of the Welsh Calvinistic Methodist Foreign Mission to Khasi people in India from 1887 until his death.
He is regarded as a pioneer missionary who paved the way for Christianity in Mizoram, now the most Christian-populated state in India.
He visited the Mizo people, hitherto completely pagan tribals, in Aizawl (now the capital city of Mizoram) in March 1890, with determination to start evangelism.
He died typhoid a year later.The date of his arrival, 15 March, in Mizoram is adopted as "Missionary Day" by the Mizoram Presbyterian Church in its 89th General Assembly in 2012.