Author:William Ellis (1794-1872)

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William Ellis
(1794–1872)

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English missionary and amateur ethnologist, husband of Sarah Stickney Ellis

Works

A Journal of a Tour around Hawaii, the Largest of the Sandwich Islands (1825) IA
Narrative of a Tour through Hawaii, or Owhyhee (1826)IA
An Examination of Charges against the American Missionaries at the Sandwich Islands (1827) IA
(ed.) Journal of a Residence in the Sandwich Islands (1828) IA
Polynesian Researches (1829, 1st edition) IA 1, IA 2 (1831, enlarged) IA 1, IA 2, IA 3, IA 4
History of Madagascar (1838) IA 1, IA 2
Three Visits to Madagascar (1858) IA
"Orchids or Air Plants" in Once a Week, Series 1, 2 (1860)
"The Lace-Leaf Plant at Kew" in Once a Week, Series 1, 2 (1860)
"Nepenthes; or, Pitcher-Plants" in Once a Week, Series 1, 3 (1860)
Madagascar Revisited (1867 IA
The Martyr Church (1869) IA

Works about Ellis

"William Ellis," in Encyclopædia Britannica, Ninth Edition (1875–1889)
"Ellis, William (1794-1872)," in Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900, London: Smith, Elder, & Co. (1885–1900) in 63 vols.
"Ellis, William," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)

Some or all works by this author were published before January 1, 1929, and are in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago. Translations or editions published later may be copyrighted. Posthumous works may be copyrighted based on how long they have been published in certain countries and areas.

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