Henry Martyn

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Henry Martyn was an early 19th-century Anglican missionary and Bible translator known for his pioneering evangelistic work in India and Persia.

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instanceOf Anglican missionary
Bible translator
person
academicDegree Bachelor of Arts
Master of Arts
birthDate 1781-02-18
birthPlace Cornwall
England
Truro
burialPlace Tokat
linked to: Tokat Province
causeOfDeath tuberculosis
countryOfCitizenship Great Britain
deathDate 1812-10-16
deathPlace Ottoman Empire
Tokat
linked to: Tokat Province
denomination Evangelical Anglican
educatedAt St John’s College, Cambridge
Truro Grammar School
linked to: Truro School
employer East India Company
familyName Martyn
givenName Henry
hasHonorific Henry Martyn Hall, Cambridge
hasLegacy Henry Martyn Centre for the Study of Mission and World Christianity at Cambridge
influenced Anglican missionary movement
Protestant missions in India
influencedBy Charles Simeon
David Brainerd
knownFor missionary work in India
missionary work in Persia
pioneering Bible translation in Asia
languageTranslatedInto Arabic
Hindustani
linked to: Hindustani language

Persian
linked to: Persian language
memberOf Church of England
notableWork Arabic translation of the New Testament
Hindustani translation of the New Testament
Persian translation of the New Testament
occupation Bible translator
clergyman
missionary
positionHeld chaplain in the East India Company
religion Anglicanism
workLocation Calcutta
Cawnpore
Dinapore
India
Persia

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Henry Martin hasAlternativeTitle Henry Martyn
Charles Simeon influenced Henry Martyn