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Alexander Duff may refer to: Alexander Duff, 3rd Earl Fife (1731–1811), Scottish nobleman. Sir Alexander Duff (British Army officer) (1777–1851), Scottish general and Lord-Lieutenant of Moray. Alexander Duff (missionary) (1806–1878), Scottish missionary. Alexander Duff, 1st Duke of Fife (1849–1912), Scottish nobleman and son-in-law of ...
2 de mar. de 2021 · 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 evangelisation and modernisation of South Asia.
10 de may. de 2023 · Embed. February 13. Alexander Duff. Just when Duff was finishing his education, the Church of Scotland was preparing its first mission, which would be based on education, and they appointed him superintendent of a new mission school at Calcutta. Writing about whether he ought to go India or stay in Scotland, Duff said: “with the Bible in my ...
10 de oct. de 2018 · Duff, Alexander, 1806-1878, Missions -- India Publisher New York : Baptist Board of Education, Dept. of Missionary Education Collection columbiamrlpamphlets; ColumbiaUniversityLibraries; americana Contributor Columbia University Libraries Language English
Today, Alexander Duff is largely forgotten, his memory eclipsed by his younger contemporary, David Livingston. Yet when Duff died in 1878, the Times contained a long obituary, Prime Minister Gladstone eulogised him and Scotland mourned as a nation that had lost its noblest son. Few then would have thought it possible that Duff would ever be ...
22 de feb. de 2021 · Alexander Duff ministry in India. Born in Perthshire, Alexander was a son of a farmer. He graduated in Arts and Theology from St. Andrews University, where he founded a student missionary society. Soon after his studies, he accepted the offer made by the Church of Scotland to be their first missionary to India.
Alejandro Duff, I duque de Fife KG, KT, GCVO, PC, (10 de noviembre de 1849-12 de enero de 1912), vizconde Macduff entre 1857 y 1879 y conocido como el conde de Fife entre 1879 y 1889, fue un par británico casado con la princesa Luisa del Reino Unido, hija mayor del rey Eduardo VII del Reino Unido y de Alejandra de Dinamarca .
