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Rev. Aeneas Francon Williams, Church of Scotland Minister, Missionary in India and China, writer and poet (born 1886)
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Scottish missionary, chaplain and writer
Aeneas Francon Williams, FRSGS was a Minister of the Church of Scotland, a missionary, chaplain, writer and a poet. Williams was a missionary in the Eastern Himalayas and China and writer of many published works.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
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Person who writes and publishes poetry
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1886
Calendar year
1886 (MDCCCLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar, the 1886th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 886th year of the 2nd millennium, the 86th year of the…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)