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William Cameron Townsend

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William Cameron Townsend (9 trìulas 1896 - 23 abrile 1982) est istètiu unu missionariu cristianu americanu chi ari cumenzau su ministeru suu a s'iniziu de su ventesimu segulu. Is oraganitzatzionis chi ari criau, Wycliffe Bible Translators e Summer Institute of Linguistics (SIL International), funti ancora attivas, e funti cuncentraras a tradui sa Bibbia in linguas minoris e a facilitai s'alfabetitzatzioni in linguas minoris.


  • Benjamin Feinberg: The Devil's Book of Culture: History, Mushrooms, and Caves in Southern Mexico (University of Texas Press), ISBN 0-292-70190-X, p. 77f.
  • Hugh Steven: Wycliffe in the Making: The Memoirs of W. Cameron Townsend, 1920–1933 (Wheaton, Harold Shaw 1995).
  • Ruth A. Tucker: From Jerusalem to Irian Jaya: A Biographical History of Christian Missions (Zondervan), ISBN 0-310-23937-0, p. 376f.
  • Virginia Garrard-Burnett: A History of Protestantism in Guatemala: Living in the New Jerusalem (University of Texas Press), ISBN 0-292-72817-4.
  • Larry Ziegler-Otero: Resistance in an Amazonian Community: Huaorani Organizing Against the Global Economy (Berghahn Books), ISBN 1-57181-448-5, p. 52ff.