Lithograph of Adoniram Judson. 1881. On August 9, 1788, Adoniram Judson was born in Malden, Massachusetts. He graduated from Brown University in 1807 and later graduated from Andover Theological Institution. In 1810 he decided to be a foreign missionary. Along with his fellow students, Newell, Nott, Hall, and Rice, Judson was appointed missionary to India by the London Missionary Society. On the way to India, Judson’s views on baptism changed; therefore, he was properly immersed in believer’s baptism upon arrival in India in 1812. Due to hostility from the East India Company, he moved to Rangoon. After learning the Burmese language, Judson devoted himself to translating the scripture. His wife, Ann Hasseltine Judson, died in 1826. Judson finished his translation of scripture in 1834, the same year he married his second wife. After she became ill in 1845, the Judsons began the return trip to America. She died during the trip. After a short stay in America, Judson returned to India with a third wife. There he continued his work on a Burmese dictionary, which was left uncompleted due to his death on April 8, 1850. JPG file (319 KB)
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