Peter Cameron Scott

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Peter Cameron Scott (1867-1896), a Scottish-American missionary, founded Africa Inland Mission. He served two years in the French Congo before returning to Britain in 1892 because of a near-fatal illness. While recuperating, he developed his idea of establishing a network of mission stations that would stretch from the southeast coast of Africa to Lake Chad. While he was unable to interest any churches in the idea (including his own), he captivated several friends in Philadelphia. In 1895 they formed the Philadelphia Missionary Council.

On August 17, 1895, AIM's first mission party set off, consisting of Scott, his sister Margaret, and six others. They arrived off the east African coast in October, and in little more than a year His idea was to establish a network had four stations--at Nzawi, Sakai, Kilungu, and Kangundo, all in Kenya. More workers came from Canada and the United States, and the small group expanded to 15.

In December 1896, Peter Scott died of blackwater fever.