Person: WILSON, Adam (fl. 1920s-40s)

Person summary

Biographical summary of this person

Full name

Adam WILSON

Gender

male

Relevance of this person

Missionary in the New Hebrides, gave lantern shows for fundraising

Main period of activity

1920s-40s

Chronology

Date

Age

Event/activity

date unknown

born at

unknown location

7 October 1939

lecturer

[Mr Adam Wilson's Autumn Meetings] (lantern lecture, Manchester, Lancashire, England, 7 October - 13 October 1939)

14 October 1939

lecturer

Mr Adam Wilson's Autumn Meetings (lantern lecture, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England, 14 October - 20 October 1939)

21 October 1939

lecturer

Mr Adam Wilson's Autumn Meetings (lantern lecture, London, England, 21 October - 28 October 1939)

28 October 1939

lecturer

Mr Adam Wilson's Autumn Meetings (lantern lecture, Lewes, Sussex (East), England, 28 October - 3 November 1939)

4 November 1939

lecturer

[Mr Adam Wilson's Autumn Meetings] (lantern lecture, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, 4 November 1939)

11 November 1939

lecturer

[Mr Adam Wilson's Autumn Meetings] (lantern lecture, Belfast, County Antrim, Ireland, 11 November - 17 November 1939)

18 November 1939

lecturer

[Mr Adam Wilson's Autumn Meetings] (lantern lecture, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, 18 November - 24 November 1939)

date unknown

died at

unknown location

Short biography

Missionary in the New Hebrides (Vanuatu), 1934-1947. Adam Wilson gave lantern shows in the 1920s and 1930s for fundraising with lantern slides illustrating the live of Dr Livingstone as well as hand-painted and photographed slides. He toured Evangelical Centres in England, Scotland and Northern Ireland in 1939 and probably also gave lantern lectures during the week that he stayed in the respective Centre, announced as 'Mr Wilson's Autumn Meetings'

Lucerna ID 6005253

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Person: WILSON, Adam (fl. 1920s-40s)