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Reverend Joseph Welland (1834-1879) was a missionary from Dublin, Ireland, and founder of the Welland Gouldsmith School, who dedicated his life to Christian ministry in Calcutta, North India during the 19th century. [1] As a member of the Church Missionary Society, Welland served the Cathedral Mission College and Christ Church in Calcutta. [2]
The logo of Church Missionary Society in 1799. The original proposal for the mission came from Charles Grant and George Udny of the East India Company and David Brown, of Calcutta, who sent a proposal in 1787 to William Wilberforce, then a young member of parliament, and Charles Simeon, a young clergyman at Cambridge University.
On the insistence of Reverend William Taylor, Thoburn left Lucknow in 1874 to serve as a missionary, without salary, from the Missionary Society, in Calcutta, and was associated with that missionary enterprise in 1888. On a busy street in Calcutta Thoburn built, and later rebuilt, a church, which was twice filled to capacity every Sunday. [3]
The College was founded as the Cathedral Mission College of the Church Missionary Society in 1865 with John Barton as the first Principal. Early lectures were provided by Joseph Welland, EP Greaves, and S Dyson. [7]
Claudius Buchanan FRSE (12 March 1765 – 9 February 1815) was a Scottish theologian, an ordained minister of the Church of England, and an evangelical missionary for the Church Missionary Society. [1] He served as Vice Provost of the College of Calcutta in India.
John Zachariah Kiernander (1 December 1710–10 May 1799), also known as Johann Zacharias Kiernander, was a Swedish Lutheran missionary in British India. [1] [2] Beth-Tephillah Church founded 1770 by John Zachariah Kiernander, later the Old Mission Church, Calcutta. He was the first Protestant Missionary to establish a base in Bengal.
Zenana missions was the strongest feature of this society's labors from the beginning. In Calcutta, it was known as "The American Doremus Zenana Mission". It included the superintendent (always one of the missionary women); 16 missionaries; 55 native teachers; zenana pupils, 1,000; schools, 50; suburban schools, in Kanpur, 12; and Entally, two.
Buxton with others left the Society of Friends, and were baptised into the Church of England. [1] Pratt worked to promoting the church establishment in India, encouraging Claudius Buchanan, and urging the Church Missionary Society to give practical aid when Thomas Fanshaw Middleton was appointed bishop of Calcutta.