Samuel J. Smith

Samuel Jones Smith[lower-alpha 1] (6 July 1820 – 10 October 1909) was a Baptist missionary of Indo-British birth who became well-known as a printer and publisher in Siam (Thailand). Orphaned as a child, he was adopted in Burma by American missionaries John Taylor Jones and his wife Eliza, before the couple took up a new posting in Bangkok in 1833. Smith was sent to be educated in the United States, and returned to Bangkok as a missionary in 1849. In 1869, he left the mission and established a printing house, publishing several newspapers as well as many popular works of Thai literature.[1][2]

This article is about the missionary based in Siam. For the American politician, see Sam Smith (politician).
Samuel J. Smith

Notes
  1. Some sources list the middle name as John.

References
  1. Wells, Kenneth Elmer (1958). History of Protestant Work in Thailand, 1828-1958. Church of Christ in Thailand.
  2. Altbach, Philip G.; Hoshino, Edith S., eds. (2015). International Book Publishing: An Encyclopedia. Routledge. pp. 522–525. ISBN 9781134261260.


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