John Nelson (convert) From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia John Nelson was one of the earliest known Englishmen to convert to Islam. This information comes from the book The Voyage made to Tripoli (1583) by Thomas Saunders.[1] See also[edit] List of converts to Islam References[edit] ^ "The evidence for John Nelson's conversion derives from an account The Voyage made to Tripoli (1583) by Thomas Saunders, cited in Matar (1998)." [1] External links[edit] Muslims in Britain The historical roots of British Islam