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Date transcribed2011-08-00
Transcribed byPeter Bailey
CommentNote that notables of Indian, Afghan, etc. origin do not always follow the alphabetical name patterns established by Buckland in his original work.

Surname  Martyn    
First Name(s)  Henry    
Titles, Honours, etc.  Rev.    
Birth Year  1781    
Death Year  1812    
Entry  Son of John Martyn, a miner : born near Truro and educated at the grammar school there, and at St. John's College, Cambridge : was Senior Wrangler in 1801 and first Smith's Prizeman : Fellow of St. John's College, 1802 : ordained in 1803 and became a curate to the Rev. C. Simeon, at Cambridge : in 1805 he went out to India on the Bengal Establishment as a Military Chaplain,and worked at Serampur, Dinapur, and Cawnpur. In 1811 he obtained leave to visit Persia. Leaving Shiraz in 1812 on his way vid Tabriz to England, he died of fever at Tokat, in Asia Minor, Oct. 16, 1812. He had great zeal as a Missionary and laboured greatly, in spite of ill health. He translated the New Testament into Persian and Hindustani. Macauley wrote an epitaph on him.     
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