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William Carey (missionary)
English Baptist missionary and a Particular Baptist minister
The Reverend William Carey | |
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Portrait of Carey, c. 1887 | |
| Born | (1761-08-17)17 August 1761 Paulerspury, England |
| Died | 9 June 1834(1834-06-09) (aged 72) Serampore, Bengal Presidency, British India |
William Carey (17 August 1761 – 9 June 1834) was an English Christian missionary, Particular Baptist minister, translator, social reformer and cultural anthropologist who founded the Serampore College and the Serampore University, the first degree-awarding university in India[1] and cofounded the Serampore Mission Press.
He went to Calcutta (Kolkata) in 1793, but was forced to leave the British Indian territory by non-Baptist Christian missionaries.[2] He joined the Baptist missionaries in the Danish colony of Frederiksnagore in Serampore.
One of his first contributions was to start schools for impoverished children where they were taught re