| 词条 | William Henry Brett (missionary) |
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William Henry Brett (December 21, 1818 – February 10, 1886[1]) was an English missionary in British Guiana. He was born in Dover and, following the death of his father, he was raised by his grandfather. At the age of thirteen or fourteen, Brett became a Sunday school teacher. He was recommended to the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel by the Reverend Thomas Medland, the curate of his church. In 1840, he left England for British Guiana. Brett was ordained a deacon in 1843 by Bishop William Austin. After suffering from malaria, he was forced to return to England in 1849 but returned late the following year. In total, Brett spent almost forty years as a missionary to the native peoples of South America, retiring in 1879. He translated the New Testament and the Book of Common Prayer into several of their languages.[1] William Henry Brett married Caroline Nowers in 1845. Brett died Oct. 2, 1886 Paignton at the age of 67.[1] In 1880, Brett published Legends and Myths of the Aboriginal Indians of British Guiana[2] and, in 1881, Mission work among the Indian tribes in the forests of Guiana.[3] In 1851, he had published Indian missions in Guiana.[4] References1. ^1 2 {{cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/theapostleofindi00josa |title=The apostle of the Indians of Guiana"; a memoir of the life and labours of the Rev. W.H. Brett, B.D., for forty years a missionary in British Guiana |year=1888 |last=Josa |first=Fortunato Pietro Luigi |accessdate=2011-11-30}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Brett, William H}}2. ^{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=z4Dw262WJAsC&source=gbs_navlinks_s |title=Legends and Myths of the Aboriginal Indians of British Guiana |year=1880 |last=Brett |first=William Henry |ISBN=1-60506-910-8}} 3. ^{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books/about/Mission_work_among_the_Indian_tribes_in.html?id=neF8kcZLMCMC&redir_esc=y |title=Mission work among the Indian tribes in the forests of Guiana |year=1881 |last=Brett |first=William Henry}} 4. ^{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books/about/Indian_missions_in_Guiana.html?id=rrUNAAAAQAAJ&redir_esc=y |title=Indian missions in Guiana |year=1851 |last=Brett |first=William Henry}} 5 : 1818 births|1886 deaths|English Anglican missionaries|Anglican missionaries in Guyana|British Guiana people |
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