The Life of William Carey, Shoemaker & Missionary (Annotated)
Enriched Edition. From Cobbler's Bench to Bengal: Missionary Translation, Education, and Reform in British IndiaBy George Smith
Length15h 38m
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George Smith's The Life of William Carey, Shoemaker & Missionary is a richly documented Victorian biography of the Baptist pioneer whose journey from cobbler's bench to Bengali mission field helped inaugurate the modern Protestant missionary movement. Written in a fluent, reverent, and evidentiary style, the book combines narrative history, spiritual portraiture, and institutional chronicle, situating Carey's labors in translation, education, printing, and social reform within the wider expansion of evangelical missions and British engagement with India. Smith, a Scottish journalist, editor, and historian of missions, brought to Carey's life both archival discipline and sympathetic understanding. His own long involvement with Indian affairs and missionary literature equipped him to interpret Carey not merely as a pious hero but as a linguist, educator, reformer, and organizer. Smith's biography reflects the nineteenth-century conviction that individual faith, scholarly labor, and moral persistence could alter cultures and institutions. This book is recommended to readers interested in missionary history, colonial India, religious biography, and the intellectual roots of global Christianity. Though shaped by its era's assumptions, it remains an indispensable account of Carey's extraordinary vocation and enduring influence.
This enriched edition has been carefully crafted to add value to your reading experience.
- Hand‐picked Memorable Quotes shine a spotlight on moments of literary brilliance.
- Interactive footnotes clarify unusual references, historical allusions, and archaic phrases for an effortless, more informed read.
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Rating★★★★★ 4.6 (18)
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GenreBiography and Memoir
Length15 hrs 38 mins
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FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateJul 18, 2020
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1The Life of William Carey, Shoemaker & Missionary (Annotated)
2Preface
3Chapter I: Carey's College
4Chapter II: The Birth of England's Foreign Missions
5Chapter III: India as Carey Found It
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6Chapter IV: Six Years in North Bengal—Missionary and Indigo Planter
7Chapter V: The New Crusade—Serampore and the Brotherhood
8Chapter VI: The First Native Converts and Christian Schools
9Chapter VII: Calcutta and the Mission Centres From Delhi to Amboyna
10Chapter VIII: Carey's Family and Friends
11Chapter IX: Professor of Sanskrit, Bengali, and Marathi
12Chapter X: The Wyclif of the East—Bible Translation
13Chapter XI: What Carey Did for Literature and for Humanity
14Chapter XII: What Carey Did for Science—Founder of the Agricultural and Horticultural Society of India
15Chapter XIII: Carey's Immediate Influence in Great Britain and America
16Chapter XIV: Carey as an Educator—The First Christian College in the East
17Chapter XV: Carey's Christian University for the People of India
18Chapter XVI: Carey's Last Days
19Appendix.
20I.—Charter of Incorporation of Serampore College
21II.—Statutes and Regulations of Serampore College
22III.—Article Vi., Clause 2, of the Treaty of Purchase, Transferring Serampore to the British Government
23Memorable Quotes
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