Joseph Harris [BMS Missionary]

Joseph Harris and his wife were appointed as BMS missionaries to Ceylon in 1837. After working with Ebenezer Daniel for a time at Columbo, Harris removed to Kandy, where he was joined by C. C. Dawson and his wife. The two missionaries planted churches and schools throughout that region of Ceylon, as well as establishing a printing press. Harris retired from the BMS in 1843 and returned to Great Britain. W. H. Carey, ed. Oriental Christian Biography, Containing Biographical Sketches of Distinguished Christians who have Lived and Died in the East. 3 vols. (Calcutta: J. Thomas, Baptist Mission House, 1852), 3:292; F. A. Cox, History of the Baptist Missionary Society, from 1792 to 1842, 2 vols. (London: T. Ward, and G. and J. Dyer, 1842), 2:322-324; 2:402.