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Person: WILSON, Adam  (fl. 1920s-40s)

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

Record created by Sarah Dellmann. Last updated 4 April 2019

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