George Smith (1833-1919) spent many years in India as an educator and editor of the Calcutta Review. He was a great supporter of missionary work and became secretary of the foreign mission committee of the Free Church of Scotland in 1870. He also wrote popular books of missionary biography including this two-volume Life of Alexander Duff (1879). Duff (1806-1878) was the first foreign missionary of the Church of Scotland and a leading figure in promoting Christian education in India. Duff pioneered what he called 'downward filter theory' which centred on educating India's upper caste through English in the hope that this elite group would then take responsibility for the evangelisation and modernisation of South Asia. Volume 1 describes Duff's life until 1843, covering his education in Scotland, his arrival in Calcutta and the founding of his school, the General Assembly Institution.
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Width
28 mm
Height
216 mm
Length
140 mm
Weight
630 gr
Series & Set Details
Series Name
Cambridge Library Collection - Religion
Book Details
Title
The Life of Alexander Duff, D.D., LL.D
Imprint
Cambridge University Press
Product Form
Paperback
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Genre
Biography & Autobiography
Source Type
N
ISBN13
9781108008297
Book Category
Biographies, Memoirs and General Non-Fiction Books
BISAC Subject Heading
BIO018000
Book Subcategory
Biographies and Autobiographies
ISBN10
9781108008297
Language
English
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