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Born. (1761-08-17) 17 August 1761. Paulerspury, England. Died. 9 June 1834 (1834-06-09) (aged 72) Serampore, Bengal Presidency, British India. Signature. William Carey (17 August 1761 – 9 June 1834) was an English Christian missionary, Particular Baptist minister, translator, social reformer and cultural anthropologist who founded the ...
Serampore Trio. The Serampore Trio was the name given to three pioneering English missionaries in India, namely William Carey (1761-1834), a shoemaker, [1] Joshua Marshman, (1768-1837), a schoolteacher, [2] and William Ward (1769-1823), a printer. [3] William Carey arrived in Bengal in 1793 and Marshman and Ward arrived in 1799.
O Canada" (French: Ô Canada) is the national anthem of Canada. The song was originally commissioned by Lieutenant Governor of Quebec Théodore Robitaille for the 1880 Saint-Jean-Baptiste Day ceremony; Calixa Lavallée composed the music, after which French-language words were written by the poet and judge Sir Adolphe-Basile Routhier .
The Serampore Mission Press was a book and newspaper publisher that operated in Serampore, Danish India, from 1800 to 1837. The Press was founded by the British Baptist missionaries William Carey , William Ward , and Joshua Marshman , collectively known as the Serampore Trio , [ 1 ] at the Serampore Mission.
Oh Canada (Missy Higgins song) " Oh Canada " is a song by Australian singer-songwriter Missy Higgins, and inspired by Alan Kurdi —a drowned Syrian boy whose body washed up on a Turkish beach in September 2015. The track was released on 19 February 2016 with 100% of net profits from the song to the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre.
British Commonwealth. The Church Missionary Society in India was a branch organisation established by the Church Missionary Society (CMS), which was founded in Britain in 1799 under the name the Society for Missions to Africa and the East, [1] as a mission society working with the Anglican Communion, other Protestants, and Orthodox Christians ...
The Senate of Serampore College (University) is an ecumenical regulatory and affiliating body for Christian theological education, which works in partnership with Bible colleges, seminaries and theological research institutes in the Indian subcontinent that comply with its regulations and standards. It is located in Serampore in West Bengal, India.
William Carey, 1761–1834. In 1793, William Carey, an English Baptist Minister, came to India as a missionary but also as a man of learning in economics, medicine and botany. [150] He worked in Serampore, Calcutta, and other places. He translated the Bible into Bengali, Sanskrit, and numerous other languages and dialects.