Elliot, Elisabeth

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Missionary, author, speaker, educator. Born December 21, 1926 in Brussels, Belgium, daughter of missionary parents; attended Wheaton College; worked with Colorado Indians in Ecuador; married Philip James "Jim" Elliot in 1953; one daughter born in 1955. After death of husband she worked with Auca and Quichua Indians. She returned to the U.S. in 1963 and wrote THROUGH GATES OF SPLENDOR and many other books and articles as well as lectured and taught, especially at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary.

From the description of Papers of Elisabeth Elliot, 1957-1983. (Wheaton College). WorldCat record id: 26449087

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