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James Chalmers (missionary)

1841–1901 · 19th century

James Chalmers was a Scottish missionary of the London Missionary Society who worked first on Rarotonga in the Cook Islands and from 1877 in New Guinea. He travelled widely along the southern coast, helped the British when they proclaimed their protectorate in 1884, and was killed with his companions on Goaribari Island in 1901.

James Chalmers (missionary)
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British New Guinea

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