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William T. (William Thomas) Ellis
1873–1950
A widely traveled journalist and religious writer, he turned reporting trips across Asia, the Middle East, and other parts of the world into books for general readers. He is especially remembered for writing on missions, Bible lands, and the evangelist Billy Sunday.
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"Billy" Sunday, the Man and His Message With his own words which have won thousands for Christ
by William T. (William Thomas) Ellis
About the author
Born in 1873, William T. Ellis was an American journalist and author whose work often joined travel writing, religious reporting, and popular biography. Records of his books show a long publishing career that included titles such as Men and Missions, Billy Sunday: The Man and His Message, Bible Lands To-day, and later devotional and travel-centered works.
Ellis wrote for a broad audience interested in Christianity's global reach. His books suggest a writer who liked to explain distant places and religious movements in direct, readable prose, often drawing on firsthand travel and observation. That mix of journalism and faith-based interpretation helped make his work part of the popular religious reading of the early twentieth century.
He died in 1950. While he is not as widely known now as some of the public figures he wrote about, his books still offer a window into the era's missionary enthusiasm, evangelical culture, and curiosity about the wider world.