عنوان

Memoir of the Rev. Henry Martyn, B.D :

(Number (ISBN

9780511706950 (ebook)

Number

b502793

Title Proper

Memoir of the Rev. Henry Martyn, B.D :

General Material Designation

[Book]

Other Title Information

Late Fellow of St. John's College, Cambridge, and Chaplain to the Honourable East India Company /

First Statement of Responsibility

John Sargent.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

Cambridge :

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

Place of publication not identified :

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Cambridge University Press.

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

publisher not identified,

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

1819.

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

1 online resource (528 pages) :

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digital, PDF file(s)

Series Title

Cambridge library collection. Religion.

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Text of Note

Henry Martyn (1781-1812) was born in Cornwall and educated at Cambridge. After hearing about the success of William Carey's mission at Serampore, he abandoned his intended career as a barrister to become a missionary, and joined the East India Company as a chaplain. During six years spent mostly in India he produced Hindi, Urdu and Persian translations of the New Testament. He is best remembered for these and other scripture translations which remained popular in India until the end of the nineteenth century. This memoir draws on Martyn's personal letters and diary. It was first published in London in 1816, soon after Martyn's untimely death in Persia, and appeared in a second edition (reissued here) in 1819. Part 1 covers his early life, Part 2 begins with his arrival in India and describes his missionary work, and Part 3 recounts Martyn's exhausting journey to Persia and his death.

Sargent, John,1780-1833

Date of Transaction

20151005020623.0

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rda

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[Book]

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