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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.
Linaje y primeros años. El padre de Alejandra era Alexander Duff, i duque de Fife (1849-1912), hijo del V conde de Fife y de su esposa lady Agnes Hay.Después de haber sucedido a su padre como VI conde de Fife, Alexander Duff fue ascendido a duque de Fife y marqués de Macduff en la Nobleza del Reino Unido, dos días después de su matrimonio en 1889 con la princesa Luisa de Gales, hija mayor ...
ALEXANDER DUFF . studied theology at St. Andrews under Thomas Chalmers before, in 1829, he left his native land for India and became the first ordained missionary ...
Alexander William George Duff, 1. Duke of Fife, KG, KT, GCVO, PC (* 10. November 1849 in Edinburgh; † 29. Januar 1912 in Assuan) war ein schottisch-britischer Adliger und Politiker. Er war der Ehemann von Prinzessin Louise, der ältesten Tochter des späteren König Eduard VII.
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Alexander Duff, 1st Duke of Fife, was the only son of James Duff, 5th Earl of Fife, and Lady Agnes Georgiana Hay, whose mother was a natural daughter of William IV. He married, in 1889, Princess Louise of Wales, eldest daughter of the Prince and Princess of Wales.
Alexander Duff (1806-1878) foi um missionário presbiteriano escocês enviado à Índia. Ele foi o primeiro missionário enviado além-mar pela Igreja da Escócia e que se notabilizou porque, na evangelização de hindus e muçulmanos, criou uma estratégia que, mesmo tendo sido mal compreendida inicialmente, terminou sendo popularizada por missionários de todo o mundo.
