John Zachariah Kiernander
Johann "John" Zachariah Kiernander | |
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| Society for the Promotion of Christian Knowledge Missionary | |
| In office 29 September 1758 – 1787 | |
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| Born | 1 December 1710 |
| Died | 10 May 1799 (aged 88) |
| Spouse(s) | ?, Wendela Fischer, Ann Wolley |
| Children | Robert William Kiernander |
| Alma mater | Franckesche Stiftungen |
Johann Zacharias Kiernander Anglicised as John Zachariah Kiernander (1 December 1710–10 May 1799) was a Swedish Lutheran missionary who went to serve in the Halle, Tranquebar mission in southern India. He later worked in Calcutta.[1][2]
Life and work
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Kiernander was born in Akstad, Ostrogothia, Sweden and was educated at Lindkoping, then at the University of Uppsala and then at Halle. He was ordained in 1739 at London and sent to Cuddalore to serve in the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. He travelled aboard the ship Colchester and reached in 1740. The region saw fighting between the French and British colonists in 1758 and Cuddalore was taken by the French under Comte Lally. He then moved to the Danish settlement of Tranquebar and later went to work at the Dutch Church in Chinsurah. In 1758 he was invited by Robert Clive to move to Calcutta. He was the first Protestant Missionary to establish a base in Bengal. During his stay both at Cuddalore and at Calcutta he collected specimens of natural history which he sent to Europe.[3] He built the Old Mission Church (or Beth Tephillah) in Calcutta[4] and founded one of the first printing presses in Calcutta. In 1781, he accused James Augustus Hicky, the editor and publisher of Hicky's Bengal Gazette of libel and won the trial. He was the author of The Trial and Conviction of James Augustus Hicky.[5][6]
References
[edit]- ^ Edward Cave; John Nichols (1824). The Gentleman's Magazine, and Historical Chronicle. Edw. Cave. pp. 105–10.
- ^ "Kiernander » Kiernander's Church". Retrieved 12 July 2023.
- ^ Jensen, Niklas Thode (2019). "Translating Nature: Changes in the perception and utilization of Science in the Halle Mission in South India, c. 1706-1813" (PDF). Indian Journal of History of Science. 54 (4). doi:10.16943/ijhs/2019/v54i4/49772. ISSN 0019-5235.
- ^ "The Old Mission Church in Kolkata is worth a visit for its great historical past". www.telegraphindia.com. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
- ^ "McClintock and Strong Biblical Cyclopedia".
- ^ Moir, D.M. (1910). "Notes on the origin of the old presidency General Hospital Calcutta". Bengal: Past and Present. 6 (12): 4–5.
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