The New Student's Reference Work/Judson, Adoniram

Jud′son, Adoniram, one ot the earliest American missionaries, was born at Maiden, Mass., Aug. 9, 1788.  He, with Mills, Newell and Nott, applied to the Congregational association of Massachusetts for aid in carrying the Gospel to the heathen.  This resulted in the formation of the American Board, and in 1812 Judson sailed for India.  It was nearly a year before the missionaries were allowed to begin work in Burma, preaching, writing and translating.  In 1833 he completed the translation of the Bible, and followed it by the publication of the Burmese dictionary.  He made two visits to the United States, being received with great enthusiasm by the churches.  His union with the Baptist denomination, soon after reaching Burma, was the occasion of the origin of the American Baptist Missionary Union.  Judson died at sea, on his way to Mauritius in search of health, on April 12, 1850.  See Life by Wayland, that by Judson and History of the Burmese Mission by Mrs. Judson.