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Dictionary of Indian Biography M to R
Date transcribed | 2011-08-00 | Transcribed by | Peter Bailey | Comment | Note that notables of Indian, Afghan, etc. origin do not always follow the alphabetical name patterns established by Buckland in his original work. |
| Surname | Mather | | First Name(s) | Robert Cotton | | Titles, Honours, etc. | Rev. | | Birth Year | 1808 | | Death Year | 1877 | | Entry | Missionary : son of James Mather : born Nov. 8, 1808 : educated at Edinburgh and Glasgow Universities and Homerton College : ordained, 1833 : went to India for the London Missionary Society : after Benares, settled at Mirzapur, founding a mission : built schools and churches : revised and edited the Bible in Hindustani : LL.D., Glasgow : wrote in Hindi and Urdu : wrote on Christian Missions in India : and a commentary on the New Testament in Hindustani : and began one on the Old Testament : died April 21, 1877. |
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A List of eminent persons who served in British India, together with short biographical notes of each
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