George Brown (missionary)
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George Brown (7 December 1835 – 7 April 1917) was an English Methodist missionary and ethnographer.
George Brown was born in Barnard Castle, County Durham, England.[1] He was the son of George Brown, barrister, and his wife Elizabeth, née Dixon. Elizabeth's sister Sarah was married to Rev. Thomas Buddle, a missionary in New Zealand.[2] Brown reacted badly to his stepmother's discipline and attempted to run away to sea.[citation needed]
Conversion and missionary work
He lived in Samoa between 1860 and 1874, mostly on the island of Savai'i. He learned the language and wrote about Samoan culture.[3]
Brown was a key figure in the early days of training Samoans for the ministry and the establishment of Piula Theological College on the north coast of Upolu Island in Samoa.[4] Brown began writing his manuscript journals in Samoa, recording his experience as a missionary in the Pacific.[3]
He had declined an offer by his friend, Robert Louis Stevenson, to write his biography.
Ten volumes of Brown's manuscript journals survive.[3]
Brown died at Sydney on 7 April 1917..
