William Percival Johnson
William Percival Johnson (Ilha de Wight, 12 de março de 1854 - Tanganica, outubro de 1928) foi um missionário anglicano[1].
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| Nome completo | William Percival Johnson |
| Nascimento | 12 de março de 1854 Ilha de Wight, Inglaterra |
| Morte | agosto de 1928 (74 anos) Tanganica, Malawi |
| Nacionalidade |  inglês
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| Ocupação | Missionário e tradutor |
| Escola/tradição | Universidade de Cambridge |
| Ideias notáveis | Tradução da Bíblia |
Ele visitou a África Central com a missão das universidades sob o bispo Edward Steere[2], fez diversos trabalhos, dentre eles o mais reconhecido foi por traduzir a bíblia para a língua nianja[3].
Referências
- ↑ Johnson of Nyasaland: a study of the life and work of William Percival Johnson Bertram Herbert Barnes - 1933 "CHAPTER I The Call to Africa WILLIAM PERCIVAL JOHNSON was born at Vernon 1854 Villa, St. Helens, in the Isle of Wight, on March 12, 1854. He was the third son of John Johnson, a lawyer of Ryde, and Mary Percival, his second wife, ..."
- ↑ Tanzania notes and records Issues 31-35; Issues 31-35 Tanzania Society - 1951 "The second Englishman was William Johnson, a Cambridge rowing "blue" who had come out to the Universities' Mission to Central Africa, of which Bishop Steere was the head. He was later to make himself a name as a great pioneer missionary "
- ↑ The Society of Malawi journal 52-55 Society of Malawi - 1999 "In particular, William Percival Johnson performed outstanding feats in this respect. Although since 1884 he had been totally blind in one eye, and had only very limited sight in the other, he translated the whole of the Bible, ..."
