The Reverend William James Gardner (1825 – 25 November 1874) was a missionary of the

London Missionary Society The London Missionary Society was an interdenominational evangelical missionary society formed in England in 1795 at the instigation of Welsh Congregationalist minister Edward Williams. It was largely Reformed tradition, Reformed in outlook, with ...

in Jamaica. He wrote a history of Jamaica that was published in 1873, founded the first Building Society in Jamaica, and also founded the Society for Promotion of Pure Literature.

Early life and family

William Gardner was born in 1825.

Career

Gardner was a missionary of the London Missionary Society. He and his wife embarked for Jamaica from London in September 1849 and took charge of the Chapleton mission station there. He moved to Kingston in January 1856 where he was the minister of the North Street Congregational Church. He wrote a history of Jamaica that was published in 1873, founded the first Building Society in Jamaica, and also founded the Society for Promotion of Pure Literature.

Death

Gardner died on 25 November 1874 and was buried at the North Street Congregational Church."Information on William Gardner"
by James R. Newman, ''The Gleaner'', 6 January 1999. Retrieved 26 January 2019.

Selected publications

*
A History of Jamaica: From its Discovery by Christopher Columbus to the Year 1872 &c
'. Elliot Stock, London, 1873. * ''A History of Jamaica &c.'' New edition, with a preface by Aston W. Gardner. T. Fisher Unwin, London, 1909 908

References

1874 deaths 1825 births English Congregationalist missionaries British emigrants to Jamaica Congregationalist missionaries in Jamaica {{Jamaica-bio-stub