Solomon Islands newspaper clippings, 1918-1968 [microform] / compiled by J.R. Metcalfe.
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Metcalfe, John R., 1889-1970
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The Rev. John R. Metcalfe, a Methodist missionary in the Solomon Islands for 37 years, was born in Yorkshire in 1889. He served as a home missionary in Great Britain before moving to Victoria in 1914. He became a candidate for the Methodist ministry in 1916, and after being ordained was appointed to the Solomon Islands in 1920. After a brief peiod at Roviana, he was appointed to Choiseul as assistant to the Rev. Vincent LeCornu Binet [see Film Ms.123]. Apart from 4 years at Teop, he remained on ...
