John Eliot

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Christian missionary Puritan clergyman person translator

John Eliot was a 17th-century Puritan missionary best known for translating the Bible into the Massachusett (Algonquian) language for Indigenous peoples in New England.

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John Eliot canonical 9

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian missionary ⓘ
Puritan ⓘ
clergyman ⓘ
person ⓘ
translator ⓘ
advocated literacy among Indigenous converts ⓘ
self-governing praying towns ⓘ
affiliatedWith Park Street Church ⓘ
surface form: Roxbury church
alsoKnownAs Apostle to the Indians ⓘ
birthDate 1604-08-05 ⓘ
birthPlace Widford, Hertfordshire, England ⓘ
burialPlace Roxbury, Massachusetts Bay Colony ⓘ
citizenship England ⓘ
Massachusetts Bay Colony ⓘ
deathDate 1690-05-21 ⓘ
deathPlace Roxbury, Massachusetts Bay Colony ⓘ
denomination Congregationalism ⓘ
educatedAt Jesus College, Cambridge NERFINISHED ⓘ
era 17th century ⓘ
hasGender male ⓘ
influenced missionary approaches to Indigenous peoples in North America ⓘ
knownFor establishing praying towns for Native converts ⓘ
missionary work among Indigenous peoples in New England ⓘ
translating the Bible into the Massachusett (Algonquian) language ⓘ
languageTranslatedFrom English ⓘ
Latin ⓘ
languageTranslatedInto Massachusett language ⓘ
marriagePlace Nazeing, Essex, England ⓘ
migratedTo Massachusetts Bay Colony ⓘ
missionaryTo Algonquian peoples ⓘ
surface form: Algonquian-speaking peoples

Massachusett people ⓘ
movement Puritanism ⓘ
surface form: New England Puritanism
notableWork Massachusett-language Bible ⓘ
The Christian Commonwealth ⓘ
The Indian Grammar Begun ⓘ
The Indian Primer ⓘ
occupation Bible translator ⓘ
minister ⓘ
missionary ⓘ
positionHeld teacher at Roxbury church ⓘ
religion Puritanism ⓘ
spouse Hannah Mumford ⓘ
supportedBy Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in New England ⓘ
workedIn Massachusetts Bay Colony ⓘ
New England ⓘ
yearOfMigration 1631 ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Massachusett language → notableTranslator → John Eliot ⓘ
Bay Psalm Book → compiler → John Eliot ⓘ
Massachusett → hasNotableMissionary → John Eliot ⓘ
Eliot Indian Bible → translator → John Eliot ⓘ
Eliot Indian Bible → associatedPerson → John Eliot ⓘ
Eliot orthography → developedBy → John Eliot ⓘ
Eliot orthography → associatedPerson → John Eliot ⓘ
Eliot orthography → namedAfter → John Eliot ⓘ
Roxbury Latin School → foundedBy → John Eliot ⓘ