Quote of the day
Good authors, too, who once knew better words
Now only use four-letter words
Writing prose —
Anything goes.
Adoniram Judson
Born: August 9, 1788
Died: April 12, 1850 (aged 61)
Bio: Adoniram Judson, Jr. was an American Congregationalist and later Baptist missionary, who served in Burma for almost forty years. At the age of 25, Adoniram Judson became the first Caucasian Protestant missionary sent from North America to preach in Burma.
Known for:
- English and Burmese Dictionary (1849)
- Grammatical notices of the Burmese language (1842)
- The Judson Burmese-English dictionary