Elliot, Jim, 1927-1956

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Dates:
Birth 1927-10-08
Death 1956-01-08

Biographical notes:

Missionary; born on October 8, 1927; graduated from Wheaton College with highest honors in 1949; went to Ecudor in 1952, where he first worked in Shandia; married Elisabeth Howard, also a missionary in Ecuador; they had one daughter; efforts on January 8, 1956 to make contact with the Auca Indians resulted in Elliot's death along with Peter Fleming, Ed McCully, Nate Saint and Roger Youderian.

From the description of Papers of Jim Elliot, 1941-1956. (Wheaton College). WorldCat record id: 26449083

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Subjects:

  • College students
  • Cross cultural studies
  • Language in missionary work
  • Mapuche Indians
  • Missionaries
  • Missionaries
  • Missions
  • Poetry
  • Prayer
  • Primitive societies
  • Quechua Indians

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Places:

  • Ecuador (as recorded)
  • South America (as recorded)

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