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Reverend Edwin Everett Jacques (1909-1996) was an American writer and Christian minister. He is famous among Albanian nationalists for his book "The Albanians: An Ethnic History from Prehistoric Times to the Present".

Early Life
Jacques obtained his undergraduate degree Gordon College and graduate degree from Divinity School. He was later awarded a Master of Arts Degree from Boston University. Jacques received a Doctor of Divinity Degree from the Denver Seminary.

Missionary Work
Jacques was a missionary to Italy and Albania. He was a teacher of English in Korçë, Albania, from 1932 to 1940. After WWII he pastored churches in Concord, (New Hampshire), and Groton and Fitchburg, Massachusetts. He also served the Conservative Baptist Foreign Mission Society (today Conservative Baptist Association of America) for nearly 20 years, and, as its foreign secretary, travelled extensively in Europe and Asia. Rev. Edwin E. Jacques died at the age of 87.

Writings
Edwin Jacques is noted for writing a controversial book on Albanian history, called "The Albanians: An Ethnic History from Prehistoric Times to the Present". The book even though recommended as a nice read, is still heavily criticised by Robert Elsie, a specialist in Albanian studies for its amateurish nature and reliance on dubious sources, but retains staunch support among Albanian nationalists.