Edwin Munsell Bliss

Edwin Munsell Bliss (September 12, 1848 – August 6, 1919) was an American Congregationalist Christian missionary and author. Life Edwin Munsell Bliss was born in 1848, in Erzurum (then part of the Ottoman Empire). His father, Isaac Grout Bliss, was a missionary of the American Bible Society, known for making the first Kurdish-language translation of the Bible. His mother was Eunice (née Day) Bliss. Bliss received his BA from Amherst in 1871, and later graduated from Yale Divinity School. He was ordained a minister. He was married twice: first to Marie Louise Henderson and, after her death, to E. Theodora Crosby. Bliss served in various capacities for governmental organizations and overseas missionary societies. From 1872 to 1888 he worked for the American Bible Society in the Middle East. Between 1891 and 1901 he wrote for The Independent, a New York–based Congregationalist weekly newspaper; circa 1896 his position there was "assistant editor."