Background
He was born in Minnyhive, Dumfriesshire, Scotland on 14 July 1808.
He was born in Minnyhive, Dumfriesshire, Scotland on 14 July 1808.
University of Glasgow.
He served as a missionary on Aneityum from 1852 to 1877. J. Graham Miller describes Inglis as a man of "superior gifts, wise words and judicious pen." Inglis also wrote a dictionary of the Aneityum language.