John Leighton Wilson

1809–1886

Wilson was a pioneer Southern Presbyterian missionary to West Africa, and the first to bring a skeleton of a gorilla back to the United States.

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Rev. John Leighton Wilson, D.D.

John Leighton Wilson ⬩ 1886

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Presbyterian Polity and Foreign Missions

John Leighton Wilson ⬩ 1884

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History of Foreign Missions, as Related to the Southern Presbyterian Church and Columbia Seminary

John Leighton Wilson ⬩ 1884

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The Church’s Method of Conducting the Foreign Missionary Work

John Leighton Wilson ⬩ 1883

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Home Missions — How Shall They Be Conducted?

John Leighton Wilson ⬩ 1882

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John Leighton Wilson is buried at Mount Zion Presbyterian Cemetery, Bishopville, South Carolina.