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 Dictionary of Indian Biography D to F

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Date transcribed2011-03-01
Transcribed byPeter Bailey
CommentNote that notables of Indian, Afghan, etc. origin do not always follow the alphabetical name pattern established by Buckland in his original work.

Surname  Fabricius    
First Name(s)  John Philip    
Titles  Rev.    
Year of Birth  1714    
Year of Death  1791    
Entry  Danish Missionary : native of Frankfort- on-the-Maine : graduate of Halle : a Lutheran : arrived in India, 1740 : went to Madras in service of S.P.C.K., 1742 : assisted at the English Church when required : when Fort St. George surrendered to the French, 1746, he took refuge at the Dutch settlement at Pulicat : and again, when Count Lally and his army appeared in Dec. 1758 : returned, on the raising of the siege, to Vepery : plundered by the Muhammadans : ministered at Vellore, 1772-3 : up to 1780, greatly trusted by Government and the people : mismanaged the funds : imprisoned for debt for 18 months, 1787-9 : relieved by Gericke {q.v.) in 1788, as head of the Vepery Mission and school : died there, 1791 : a Tamil scholar : partly translated the New Testament into Tamil : compiled a Tamil Dictionary, and wrote Lyrics in Tamil.     
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