John Still (1880–1941) was an Anglican bishop and writer from Britain. He carried out missionary work in Ceylon (present-day Sri Lanka) and drew on his firsthand experience there to write travel accounts that combine observations of local life and customs with personal records of his journeys. One work by him is held in this collection, A Prisoner in Turkey, a narrative of wartime captivity. His writing generally grows out of his missionary career and travels, leaning toward reportage and memoir, with plain language and a direct presentation of what he saw. Details of his life, such as his early education, the course of his appointments and a complete bibliography, are limited in publicly available sources and await further verification.
