Ellis, William, a missionary and author, born in London; laboured in the South Sea Islands, and afterwards in Madagascar; wrote various works descriptive of these islands; he married Sarah Stickney, who is the authoress of a number of popular works, including “The Women of England,” “The Daughters of England,” &c. (1794‒1872).
Definition taken from The Nuttall Encyclopædia, edited by the Reverend James Wood (1907)
Ellis, Sir Henry * Elliston, Robert William