James Douglas Gordon (1832 – 7 March 1872[1]) was a Scottish-Canadian missionary to the New Hebrides (now Vanuatu).
[2] He translated the Book of Genesis and the Gospel of Matthew into the Erromanga language.
[3][4] A. K. Langridge called him "a man of tremendous energy and force of character.
"[5] J. Graham Miller suggests that "few missionaries have so soon won the hearts of the heathen as James Gordon.
"[6] Miller notes, however, that Gordon was a loner, and that his move toward a dispensational view of biblical prophecy "increased his sense of isolation" from his missionary colleagues.