Dan Beach Bradley (1804-1873) was a Christianmissionary to Siam. In addition to his missionary work, he served as a doctor, printer, writer, government advisor, and an unofficial American Ambassador. He is credited by the modern Thai people as introducing Western medicine to the country, printing the first non-government run newspaper, and was the teacher of kings Mongkut and Chulalongkorn. However, as respected as he was (and still is) by the people of Siam, after thirty years of dedicated missionary service, he could not point to one true convert. Jump to: navigation, search As a noun, Christian is an appellation and moniker deriving from the appellation Christ, which many people associate exclusively with Jesus of Nazareth. ... Jump to: navigation, search A missionary is a propagator of religion, often an evangelist or other representative of a religious community who works among those outside of that community. ... For the country formerly called Siam see Thailand SIAM is an acronym for Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics. ... King Mongkut (Rama IV), (October 18, 1804 – October 18, 1868) was king of Thailand from 1851 to 1868. ... His Majesty King Rama V of Siam, with his son, HRH Crown Prince Maha Vajirunnahis (portrait in National History Museum, Bangkok) King Chulalongkorn the Great or Rama V (royal name: Phra Chula Chomklao Chaoyuhua; Thai script: พระบาทสมเด็จพระจุลจà¸à¸¡à¹€à¸à¸¥à¹‰à¸²à¹€à¸ˆà¹‰à¸²à¸à¸¢à¸¹à¹ˆà¸«à¸±à¸§) (September 20, 1853 - October 23, 1910) was the fifth king of the Chakri dynasty...
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Printer, linguist, and the first western physician to enter Thailand as a missionary, DanBeachBradley was born in Marcellus, New York on July 18, 1804.
Bradley applied to the American Board of Commissioners of Foreign Missions for an appointment in Asia and was accepted in November 1832.
1842), and Cornelius Beach (1843-1936; Oberlin, A.B. 1868, sem.
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