Missionaries
| A.H. Grey-Edwards, Memoir of the Rev. John Thomas. 1954. |
| Paul Appasamy, Centenary History of the CMS in Tinnevelly. 1923. | |
| Arthur C. Chute, John Thomas, First Missionary to Bengal, 1757-1801. Halifax, Nova Scotia: Baptist Book and Tract Society, 1893. pp.86. |
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E.M. Jackson, "Thomas, John," Gerald H. Anderson, ed., Biographical Dictionary of Christian Missions. Grand Rapids, MI: Cambridge, UK: Eerdmans, 1988. Pbk. ISBN: 0802846807. p.666. |
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| Charles Bennett Lewis [1821-1890], The Life of John Thomas. Surgeon of the Earl of Oxford and First Baptist Missionary to Bengal. London: MacMillan & Co., 1873. Hbk. pp.417. |
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Eugene Stock [1836-1928], The History of the Church Missionary Society. Its Environment, Its Men and Its Work, 4 Vols. London: Church Missionary Society, 1899-1916. Hbk. pp.504 + 659 + 912 + 665. |