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{{Short description|Baptist missionary in India (1870–1947)}} | |||
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'''David Evan Jones''', Mizo name ''' | '''David Evan Jones''', [[Mizo name]] '''Zosaphlua Pachuau Ralte''' (15 February 1870 – 10 August 1947), was a British missionary to the [[Mizo people]] in the [[Lushai Hills]], what is now [[Mizoram]], India. | ||
Jones was born at [[Brynmelyn | == Biography == | ||
Jones was born at [[Llandderfel|Brynmelyn, Llandderfel]] and educated at [[Bala Grammar School]], then the [[Liverpool Institute]], [[Bala College]] and the Presbyterian [[United Theological College, Aberystwyth]]. He was pastor of a church in [[Bettws Cedewain|Bettws]], [[Montgomeryshire]], for two years before being formally ordained into the English Baptists in 1897 and sailing for India on 26 June of that year. He arrived at Aizawl, in the Lushai Hills, two months later on 31 August.<ref name="vehicles">{{cite encyclopedia |last=Jones |first=J. Edward |entry=JONES, David Evan (1870—1947) |editor-last1=Rees |editor-first1=D. Ben |title=Vehicles of Grace and Hope: Welsh Missionaries in India, 1800-1970 |date=2002 |publisher=William Carey Library |isbn=978-0-87808-505-7 |pages=82–83 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8rMKm-Ee1dYC&pg=PA82 |language=en}}</ref> | |||
In | In 1904, he married Katherine Ellen Johnson, at [[Sylhet]] (now Bangladesh), and they had a son Alwyn. The Joneses retired to Britain after 30 years in Mizoram in 1927 and lived in Liverpool and Prestatyn. David died in [[Prestatyn]], on 10 August 1947, aged 77.<ref name="vehicles"/> Katherine died on 20 May 1950.<ref>{{cite web | title = Mizo Story 4 | url = http://www.mizostory.org/mizostory/Mizo_Story_4.html | date = 15 April 2013 | archiveurl = https://archive.today/20130415114708/http://www.mizostory.org/mizostory/Mizo_Story_4.html | archivedate = 15 April 2013 }}</ref> | ||
Jones learnt the [[Mizo language]] from | ==Mizo language== | ||
Jones learnt the [[Mizo language]] from fellow missionaries [[James Herbert Lorrain]] and [[Frederick William Savidge|Fred W. Savidge]] who had devised the [[Lushai language]] alphabet.<ref>[http://www.mizoramsynod.org/index.php?phek=bawm&bid=33 Presbyterian Communication - Mizoram Synod] "D.E. Jones of Welsh Presbyterian Church arrived in 1897, learned Mizo language from Savidge and Lorrain."</ref> He was part of a team translating the Bible into the local [[Mara language|Lakher]] and [[Lushai language]]s.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |title=Encyclopaedia of India|volume=31–32|page=105|editor=Pran Nath Chopra|year=1992}}</ref> | |||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
* [[Baptist Church of Mizoram]] | * [[Baptist Church of Mizoram]] | ||
* [[Mizoram Presbyterian Church]] | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
{{reflist}} | {{reflist}} | ||
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David Evan Jones, Mizo name Zosaphlua Pachuau Ralte (15 February 1870 – 10 August 1947), was a British missionary to the Mizo people in the Lushai Hills, what is now Mizoram, India.
Biography[edit | edit source]
Jones was born at Brynmelyn, Llandderfel and educated at Bala Grammar School, then the Liverpool Institute, Bala College and the Presbyterian United Theological College, Aberystwyth. He was pastor of a church in Bettws, Montgomeryshire, for two years before being formally ordained into the English Baptists in 1897 and sailing for India on 26 June of that year. He arrived at Aizawl, in the Lushai Hills, two months later on 31 August.[1]
In 1904, he married Katherine Ellen Johnson, at Sylhet (now Bangladesh), and they had a son Alwyn. The Joneses retired to Britain after 30 years in Mizoram in 1927 and lived in Liverpool and Prestatyn. David died in Prestatyn, on 10 August 1947, aged 77.[1] Katherine died on 20 May 1950.[2]
Mizo language[edit | edit source]
Jones learnt the Mizo language from fellow missionaries James Herbert Lorrain and Fred W. Savidge who had devised the Lushai language alphabet.[3] He was part of a team translating the Bible into the local Lakher and Lushai languages.[4]
See also[edit | edit source]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Jones, J. Edward (2002). "JONES, David Evan (1870—1947)". In Rees, D. Ben (ed.). Vehicles of Grace and Hope: Welsh Missionaries in India, 1800-1970. William Carey Library. pp. 82–83. ISBN 978-0-87808-505-7.
- ↑ "Mizo Story 4". 15 April 2013.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ↑ Presbyterian Communication - Mizoram Synod "D.E. Jones of Welsh Presbyterian Church arrived in 1897, learned Mizo language from Savidge and Lorrain."
- ↑ Pran Nath Chopra, ed. (1992). Encyclopaedia of India. Vol. 31–32. p. 105.