White, Andrew (1579–1656)

English missionary. A Jesuit theology professor who came under fire for political activities and for his rigidly Thomistic philosophy (see Thomism). He travelled to Maryland in 1634 as head of a band of Jesuit missionaries and evangelized among the American Indian peoples, also writing an Algonquin grammar and catechism. He was expelled by Puritans and sent back in chains to England in 1645, where he was forced to remain for the rest of his life. White was born in London, England.