The Vintons and the Karens (Esprios Classics): Memorials of Rev. Justus H. Vinton and Calista H. Vinton

By Calista V Luther

Calista Vinton Luther (September 1841 - July 1924) was an American missionary and medical doctor, born in Burma (Myanmar). She was a physician after completing her medical degree in 1885, and ran a small sanitarium in New Jersey. Calista Vinton was born in Burma, the daughter of American Baptist missionaries Justus Vinton and Calista Vinton. Her parents had been working in Burma for seven years when she was born. She was educated at Suffield Academy in Connecticut from 1854 to 1858. From 1864 to 1872, she and her husband continued her parents' work and ran the Kemmerdine Mission school and clinic in Kyimyintaing, three miles from Rangoon (Yangon). Calista Luther wrote an algebra textbook in the Karen language.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1034425390
• ISBN13: 9781034425397
• Release Date: May 2025
• Publisher: Blurb
• Length: 170 Pages
• Weight: 0.57 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"