William Carey (translator)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/William_Carey_(translator)
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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:person
gptkbp:birthDate 1761-08-17
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Paulerspury,_Northamptonshire,_England
gptkbp:burialPlace gptkb:Serampore,_West_Bengal,_India
gptkbp:children gptkb:Felix_Carey
gptkbp:deathDate 1834-06-09
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Serampore,_Bengal_Presidency,_British_India
gptkbp:denomination gptkb:Baptist
gptkbp:education self-taught
gptkbp:field botany
education
linguistics
missionary work
gptkbp:founded gptkb:Serampore_College
gptkb:Serampore_University
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label William Carey (translator)
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Hudson_Taylor
gptkb:Adoniram_Judson
gptkb:David_Livingstone
gptkbp:knownFor founding the Baptist Missionary Society
pioneering modern missionary work in India
translating the Bible into Bengali, Oriya, Assamese, Hindi, Marathi, and Sanskrit
gptkbp:legacy Father of Modern Missions
gptkbp:nationality British
gptkbp:notableWork gptkb:An_Enquiry_into_the_Obligations_of_Christians_to_Use_Means_for_the_Conversion_of_the_Heathens
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:missionary
gptkb:priest
translator
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Christianity
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Charlotte_Emilia_Rumohr
gptkb:Dorothy_Plackett
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Asiatic_Researches
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7