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Alexander Duff (born April 26, 1806, Moulin, Perthshire, Scot.—died Feb. 12, 1878, Edinburgh) was the Church of Scotland’s first missionary to India, highly influential on later missionary endeavours through his promotion of higher education.
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Alexander Duff (25 April 1806, in Edinburgh – 12 February 1878, in Sidmouth), was a Christian missionary in India; where he played a large part in the development of higher education. He was a Moderator of the General Assembly and convener of the foreign missions committee of the Free Church of Scotland and a scientific liberal reformer of ...
Duff, Alexander (1806-1878) Scottish missionary in India and missiologist. Duff was born in Moulin, Perthshire, the son of a Gaelic-speaking farm servant. At St. Andrews University he was a distinguished student in arts and divinity and helped to found a student missionary society.
14 de jun. de 2017 · This is a copy of the Thomas Smith’s 1883 biography of the the noted missionary to India, Alexander Duff [1806-1878]. As the author points out, he had both an intimate knowledge of his subject and the co-operation of Duff’s official biographer Mr George Smith.
27 de jun. de 2018 · The Scottish Presbyterian missionary Alexander Duff (1806-1878) was a pioneer of Christian education in India and a foremost leader of the world missionary movement of his day. Alexander Duff was born in Moulin on April 25, 1806, into a pious family.
Alexander Duff, D.D. LLD. (April 15, 1806 – Sidmouth February 12, 1878), was a Christian Protestant Presbyterian missionary of Scottish heritage who worked in India. He served as the first overseas missionary of the Church of Scotland to India, arriving in 1830.
Hace 6 días · Duff (1806–1878) was the first foreign missionary of the Church of Scotland and a leading figure in promoting Christian education in India. Duff pioneered what he called 'downward filter theory' which centred on educating India's upper caste through English in the hope that this elite group would then take responsibility for the ...
