Lower Burma, of smallpox in 1826. She wrote a catechism in Burmese, and translated the books of Daniel and Jonah into Burmese. She was the first Protestant to translate any of the scriptures into Thai when in 1819 she translated the Gospel of Matthew. Her letters home were published in periodicals such as The American Baptist Magazine and republished after her death as devotional writings, making both her and Adoniram celebrities in America. Her work and writings made "the role of missionary wife as a 'calling'" legitimate for nineteenth-century Americans. There have been at least sixteen biographies of Judson published, the most famous having a new edition printed almost every year from 1830 to 1856, and was described by Unitarian Lydia Maria Child as "a book so universally known that it scarcely need be mentioned." Publications Knowles, Life (Boston, 1829) New International Encyclopedia Namesake colleges Judson College (Alabama) References External links Biography at Wholesome Words E-text of an 1829 Biography Google E-text of an 1829 Biography 1789 births 1826 deaths People from Haverhill, Massachusetts People of the First Anglo-Burmese War Baptist missionaries from the United States Baptist missionaries in Myanmar Baptist missionaries in India Translators of the Bible into Burmese Deaths from smallpox Female Christian missionaries Infectious disease deaths in Myanmar Women in 19th-century warfare Women in war in Southeast Asia American expatriates in India American expatriates in Myanmar American evangelicals Translators to Thai People from Bradford, Massachusetts 19th-century translators 19th-century Baptists Missionary linguists Female Bible Translators