{"id":2537,"date":"2020-07-20T01:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-07-20T01:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/missiology.org.uk\/blog\/?p=2537"},"modified":"2020-07-20T06:30:09","modified_gmt":"2020-07-20T06:30:09","slug":"william-wilson-of-madagascar-a-man-in-shining-armour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/missiology.org.uk\/blog\/william-wilson-of-madagascar-a-man-in-shining-armour\/","title":{"rendered":"William Wilson of Madagascar: A  Man in Shining Armour"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large\"><picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/missiology.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/man-in-shining-armour_crosfield.avif 400w,https:\/\/missiology.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/man-in-shining-armour_crosfield-202x300.avif 202w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" type=\"image\/avif\"><source srcset=\"https:\/\/missiology.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/man-in-shining-armour_crosfield.webp 400w,https:\/\/missiology.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/man-in-shining-armour_crosfield-202x300.webp 202w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" type=\"image\/webp\"><img src=\"https:\/\/missiology.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/man-in-shining-armour_crosfield.jpg\" height=\"593\" width=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/missiology.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/man-in-shining-armour_crosfield.jpg 400w, https:\/\/missiology.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/man-in-shining-armour_crosfield-202x300.jpg 202w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" class=\"wp-image-2538 sp-no-webp\" alt=\"Albert Joseph Crosfield [1852-?] &amp; G. Crosfield, A Man in a Shining Armour\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"  > <\/picture><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>This is one of the few books (perhaps the only book?) on the life and work of William WIlson, medical missionary to Madagascar. My thanks to <a aria-label=\"undefined (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/book-aid.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Book Aid<\/a> for making a copy of this title available for digitisation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/missiology.org.uk\/book_man-in-shining-armour_wilson.php\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"undefined (opens in a new tab)\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Albert Joseph Crosfield [1852-?] &amp; G. Crosfield, <em>A Man in a Shining Armour. The Story of the Life of William Wilson, M.R.S.C. and L.R.C.P. Missionary to Madagascar, Secretary of Friends&#8217; Foeign Missionary Society<\/em>. London: Headley Brothers, [1911]. Hbk. pp.278. [Click to visit the download page for this title]<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Contents<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Preface<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>The Call to Arms<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>Madagascar<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>The Useful Man int he Capital\u2014Second Residence<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>A Child&#8217;s Life in Madagascar<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>The Sakalava<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>At the Outposts<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>In the Thick of the Fight<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>Reconstruction<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>At the Centre<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>In Journeyings Oft<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>Home<\/strong><\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Appendix<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/missiology.org.uk\/country_africa-madagascar.php\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"undefined (opens in a new tab)\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Click here for more information about missionary work in Madagascar.<\/a><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is one of the few books (perhaps the only book?) on the life and work of William WIlson, medical missionary to Madagascar. 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