Memoir of the Rev. Henry Martyn, B.D Sargent Paperback 9781108008280

Memoir of the Rev. Henry Martyn, B.DLate Fellow of St. John's College, Cambridge, and Chaplain to the Honourable East India Company\nAuthor(s): John Sargent\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Cambridge University Press\nISBN-13: 9781108008280, 978-1108008280\nSynopsis\nHenry Martyn [tel] was born in Cornwall and educated at Cambridge. After hearing about the success of William Carey's mission at Serampore, he abandoned his intended career as a barrister to become a missionary, and joined the East India Company as a chaplain. During six years spent mostly in India he produced Hindi, Urdu and Persian translations of the New Testament. He is best remembered for these and other scripture translations which remained popular in India until the end of the nineteenth century. This memoir draws on Martyn's personal letters and diary. It was first published in London in 1816, soon after Martyn's untimely death in Persia, and appeared in a second.