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style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1769-10-20</span>)</span>20 October 1769<br /><div style="display:inline" class="birthplace"><a href="/wiki/Derby" title="Derby">Derby</a>, England</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">7 March 1823<span style="display:none">(1823-03-07)</span> (aged 53)<br /><div style="display:inline" class="deathplace"><a href="/wiki/Serampore" title="Serampore">Serampore</a>, India</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Occupation(s)</th><td class="infobox-data role">Missionary, author, printer, translator</td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>William Ward</b> (20 October 1769 – 7 March 1823) was an English <a href="/wiki/Baptist" class="mw-redirect" title="Baptist">Baptist</a> <a href="/wiki/Missionary" title="Missionary">missionary</a>, author, printer and translator. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=William_Ward_(missionary)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Ward was born at <a href="/wiki/Derby" title="Derby">Derby</a> on 20 October 1769,<sup id="cite_ref-WCU_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WCU-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and was the son of John Ward, a carpenter and builder of that town, and grandson of Thomas Ward, a farmer at <a href="/wiki/Stretton,_Burton_upon_Trent,_Staffordshire" class="mw-redirect" title="Stretton, Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire">Stretton</a>, near <a href="/wiki/Burton_upon_Trent" title="Burton upon Trent">Burton upon Trent</a> in <a href="/wiki/Staffordshire" title="Staffordshire">Staffordshire</a>. His father died while he was a child, and the care of his upbringing fell to his mother. He was placed with a schoolmaster named Congreve, near Derby, and afterwards with another named Breary. </p><p>On leaving school he was apprenticed to a Derby printer and bookseller Drewry, with whom he continued two years after the expiration of his indentures, assisting him to edit the <i><a href="/wiki/Derby_Mercury" title="Derby Mercury">Derby Mercury</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He then removed to <a href="/wiki/Stafford" title="Stafford">Stafford</a>, where he assisted Joshua Drewry, a relative of his former master, to edit the <i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Staffordshire_Advertiser&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Staffordshire Advertiser (page does not exist)">Staffordshire Advertiser</a></i> and in either 1794 or 1795 proceeded to Hull, where he followed his business as a printer, and was for some time editor of the <i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hull_Advertiser&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Hull Advertiser (page does not exist)">Hull Advertiser</a></i>. </p><p>During his time in England, his radical sympathies landed him in court twice; he was acquitted both times.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Religion">Religion</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=William_Ward_(missionary)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Religion"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Ward early in life became a <a href="/wiki/Baptist" class="mw-redirect" title="Baptist">Baptist</a>, and on 28 August 1796 he was baptised at <a href="/wiki/Kingston_upon_Hull" title="Kingston upon Hull">Hull</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-WCU_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WCU-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Preaching constantly in the neighbouring villages, he became known as a man of promise, and, with the assistance of a member of the Baptist community named Fishwick, he proceeded in August 1797 to <a href="/w/index.php?title=Ewood_Hall&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ewood Hall (page does not exist)">Ewood Hall</a>, near Halifax in Yorkshire, the theological academy of <a href="/wiki/John_Fawcett_(theologian)" title="John Fawcett (theologian)">John Fawcett</a> (1740–1817), where he studied for a year and a half. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Missionary_work">Missionary work</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=William_Ward_(missionary)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Missionary work"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:William_Ward_baptizing_a_Hindoo_in_the_Ganges_at_Serampore.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/William_Ward_baptizing_a_Hindoo_in_the_Ganges_at_Serampore.jpg/200px-William_Ward_baptizing_a_Hindoo_in_the_Ganges_at_Serampore.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="279" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/William_Ward_baptizing_a_Hindoo_in_the_Ganges_at_Serampore.jpg/300px-William_Ward_baptizing_a_Hindoo_in_the_Ganges_at_Serampore.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ea/William_Ward_baptizing_a_Hindoo_in_the_Ganges_at_Serampore.jpg 2x" data-file-width="340" data-file-height="475" /></a><figcaption>"William Ward baptizing a <a href="/wiki/Hindu" class="mw-redirect" title="Hindu">Hindoo</a> in the Ganges at Serampore", print (1821) from a painting by <a href="/wiki/John_Jackson_(painter)" title="John Jackson (painter)">John Jackson</a></figcaption></figure> <p>In the autumn of 1798, the <a href="/wiki/Baptist_Missionary_Society" class="mw-redirect" title="Baptist Missionary Society">Baptist mission committee</a> visited Ewood, and Ward offered himself as a missionary, influenced perhaps by a remark made to him in 1793 by <a href="/wiki/William_Carey_(missionary)" title="William Carey (missionary)">William Carey</a> concerning the need for a printer in the Indian mission field. </p><p>Ward sailed from England in the <i>Criterion</i> in May 1799<sup id="cite_ref-WCU_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WCU-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> with <a href="/wiki/Hannah_Marshman" title="Hannah Marshman">Hannah</a> and <a href="/wiki/Joshua_Marshman" title="Joshua Marshman">Joshua Marshman</a>. On arriving at <a href="/wiki/Calcutta" class="mw-redirect" title="Calcutta">Calcutta</a> he was prevented from joining Carey by an order from the Government, and was thereby obliged to proceed to the <a href="/wiki/Danish_India" title="Danish India">Danish</a> settlement of <a href="/wiki/Serampore" title="Serampore">Serampore</a>, where he was joined by Carey. </p><p>In India, Ward's time was chiefly occupied in overseeing the <a href="/wiki/Serampore_Mission_Press" title="Serampore Mission Press">community's printing press</a>, which was used to disseminate the scriptures, once they had been translated into Bengáli, Mahratta, Tamil, and twenty-three other languages. Numerous philological works were also issued and Ward still found time to both keep a copious diary and to preach the gospel to the natives. </p><p>On 10 May 1803, he was married at Serampore to the widow of John Fountain,<sup id="cite_ref-WCU_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WCU-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> another missionary, by whom he left two daughters. </p><p>Until 1806, he made frequent tours amongst the towns and villages of the province, but after that year the increasing claims of the press on his time, and the extension of the missionary labours in Serampore and Calcutta, prevented him quitting headquarters. In March 1812, the printing office was destroyed by fire.<sup id="cite_ref-WCU_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WCU-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It contained the types of all the scriptures that had been printed, to the value of at least ten thousand pounds. The moulds for casting fresh type, however, were recovered from the débris, and with the help of friends in Great Britain the loss was soon repaired. </p><p>On 23 May 1818, the <a href="/wiki/Samachar_Darpan" title="Samachar Darpan">Samachar Darpan</a> was printed at the <a href="/wiki/Serampore_Mission_Press" title="Serampore Mission Press">Serampore press</a>; it was the first newspaper it had printed in any oriental language.<sup id="cite_ref-WCU_1-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WCU-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:BTESSC.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/6b/BTESSC.jpg/200px-BTESSC.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="255" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/6b/BTESSC.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="225" data-file-height="287" /></a><figcaption>The Arms of <a href="/wiki/Serampore_College" title="Serampore College">Serampore College</a> founded by Ward, Marshman and Carey</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Serampore_College">Serampore College</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=William_Ward_(missionary)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Serampore College"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:William_Ward_Used_Chair_-_Carey_Museum_-_Serampore_College_-_Hooghly_2017-07-06_0764.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/William_Ward_Used_Chair_-_Carey_Museum_-_Serampore_College_-_Hooghly_2017-07-06_0764.JPG/200px-William_Ward_Used_Chair_-_Carey_Museum_-_Serampore_College_-_Hooghly_2017-07-06_0764.JPG" decoding="async" width="200" height="301" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/William_Ward_Used_Chair_-_Carey_Museum_-_Serampore_College_-_Hooghly_2017-07-06_0764.JPG/300px-William_Ward_Used_Chair_-_Carey_Museum_-_Serampore_College_-_Hooghly_2017-07-06_0764.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/William_Ward_Used_Chair_-_Carey_Museum_-_Serampore_College_-_Hooghly_2017-07-06_0764.JPG/400px-William_Ward_Used_Chair_-_Carey_Museum_-_Serampore_College_-_Hooghly_2017-07-06_0764.JPG 2x" data-file-width="4000" data-file-height="6016" /></a><figcaption>Chair used by William Ward, at the Serampore College.</figcaption></figure> <p>In 1818, Ward, having been for some time in bad health, revisited England. Here he was entrusted with the task of pleading for funds with which to endow a new <a href="/wiki/Serampore_College" title="Serampore College">college at Serampore</a> which he had founded along with <a href="/wiki/Joshua_Marshman" title="Joshua Marshman">Joshua Marshman</a> and <a href="/wiki/William_Carey_(missionary)" title="William Carey (missionary)">William Carey</a>, for the purpose of instructing natives in European literature and science. </p><p>He undertook a series of journeys throughout England and Scotland, and also visited Holland and North Germany. In October 1820, he embarked for New York, and travelled through the United States, returning to England in April 1821. On 28 May, he sailed for India in the <i>Alberta</i>, carrying funds for Serampore College; as a result, Ward, Marshman and Carey became known as the <a href="/wiki/Serampore_trio" class="mw-redirect" title="Serampore trio">Serampore trio</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Death">Death</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=William_Ward_(missionary)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Death"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Ward died of <a href="/wiki/Cholera" title="Cholera">cholera</a> at Serampore on 7 March 1823,<sup id="cite_ref-WCU_1-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WCU-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and was interred in the mission burial-ground. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Written_works">Written works</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=William_Ward_(missionary)&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Written works"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Besides his sermons, Ward was also the author of: </p> <ul><li>'A View of the History, Literature and Mythology of the Hindoos' (1806)<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>'Account of the Writings, Religion, and Manners of the Hindoos,' Serampúr, 1811, 4 vols. 4to; 5th edit., abridged, Madras, 1863, 8vo.</li> <li>'Farewell Letters in Britain and America on returning to Bengal in 1821,' London, 1821, 12mo; 2nd edit. 1821.</li> <li>'Brief Memoir of Krishna-Pal, the first Hindoo, in Bengal, who broke the Chain of the Cast by embracing the Gospel;' 2nd edit., London, 1823, 12mo.</li></ul> <p>He was also the author of several hymns,<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> sonnets and short poems which were printed as an appendix to a memoir of him by Samuel Stennett. A portrait, engraved by R. Baker from a painting by Overton, is prefixed to the same work. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=William_Ward_(missionary)&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-WCU-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-WCU_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-WCU_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-WCU_1-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-WCU_1-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-WCU_1-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-WCU_1-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-WCU_1-6"><sup><i><b>g</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.wmcarey.edu/carey/wmward/Main%20html/chrono.html">William Carey University website, <i>William Ward, Chronology</i></a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/239693939902300306?journalCode=ibmc">Sage Publishing website, <i>The Legacy of William Ward and Joshua and Hannah Marshmann</i>, article by A. Christopher Smith, published in the International Bulletin of Mission Research, Volume 23, Issue 3, July 1999</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://christianhistoryinstitute.org/magazine/article/rest-of-the-serampore-trio">Christian History Institute website, <i>The Rest of the Serampore Trio</i>, article by Vinita Hampton Wright </a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.britannica.com/topic/Serampore-trio">Britannica.com website, <i>Serampore Trio</i></a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.bu.edu/missiology/missionary-biography/w-x-y-z/ward-william-1769-1823/">Boston University website, <i>Ward, William (1769–1823)</i></a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.hymntime.com/tch/bio/w/a/r/d/ward_w.htm">Hymn Time website, <i>William Ward, 1769–1823</i></a></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sources">Sources</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=William_Ward_(missionary)&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Sources"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Stennett's "Memoirs of the Life of William Ward", 1825;</li> <li>"Memoir of William Ward", Philadelphia;</li> <li>Simpson's Life prefixed to "View of History, Literature, and Religion of the Hindoos" 1863</li> <li><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFLee1899" class="citation encyclopaedia cs1"><a href="/wiki/Sidney_Lee" title="Sidney Lee">Lee, Sidney</a>, ed. (1899). <span class="cs1-ws-icon" title="s:Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900/Ward, William (1769-1823)"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Dictionary_of_National_Biography,_1885-1900/Ward,_William_(1769-1823)">"Ward, William (1769-1823)" </a></span>. <i><a href="/wiki/Dictionary_of_National_Biography" title="Dictionary of National Biography">Dictionary of National Biography</a></i>. Vol. 59. London: Smith, Elder & Co.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Ward%2C+William+%281769-1823%29&rft.btitle=Dictionary+of+National+Biography&rft.place=London&rft.pub=Smith%2C+Elder+%26+Co&rft.date=1899&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWilliam+Ward+%28missionary%29" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li>Marshman's <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=cpM3scCmuEAC">"Carey, Marshman, and Ward"</a> 1864</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://dmr.bsu.edu/cdm4/item_viewer.php?CISOROOT=/chapbks&CISOPTR=385&CISOBOX=1&REC=1">Full text of <i>Memoir of the Rev. William Ward</i></a>, American Sunday School Union, 1828.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=William_Ward_(missionary)&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.wmcarey.edu/carey/wmward/index.html">Rev. William Ward biography, Center for Study of the Life and Work of William Carey, D.D. 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scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Background</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Christianity" title="Christianity">Christianity</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_the_Apostle" title="Thomas the Apostle">Thomas the Apostle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pantaenus" title="Pantaenus">Pantaenus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Protestantism" title="Protestantism">Protestantism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_Indian_history" title="Timeline of Indian history">Indian history</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_Christian_missions" title="Timeline of Christian missions">Missions timeline</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christianity_in_India" title="Christianity in India">Christianity in India</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Protestant_missionaries_in_India" title="List of Protestant missionaries in India">People</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/David_Oliver_Allen" title="David Oliver Allen">David Oliver Allen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Olaf_Bodding" title="Paul Olaf Bodding">Paul Olaf Bodding</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edith_Mary_Brown" title="Edith Mary Brown">Edith Mary Brown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nathan_Brown_(missionary)" title="Nathan Brown (missionary)">Nathan Brown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Caldwell" title="Robert Caldwell">Robert Caldwell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C._T._E._Rhenius" title="C. T. E. Rhenius">C. T. E. Rhenius</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Carey_(missionary)" title="William Carey (missionary)">William Carey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amy_Carmichael" title="Amy Carmichael">Amy Carmichael</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arthur_Margoschis" title="Arthur Margoschis">Arthur Margoschis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_F._Cook" title="Robert F. Cook">Robert F. Cook</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alexander_Duff_(missionary)" title="Alexander Duff (missionary)">Alexander Duff</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anthony_Norris_Groves" title="Anthony Norris Groves">Anthony Norris Groves</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hermann_Gundert" title="Hermann Gundert">Hermann Gundert</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Nelson_Hyde" title="John Nelson Hyde">John Hyde</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/E._Stanley_Jones" title="E. Stanley Jones">E. Stanley Jones</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Jones_(missionary)" title="Thomas Jones (missionary)">Thomas Jones</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Knill" title="Richard Knill">Richard Knill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hannah_Marshman" title="Hannah Marshman">Hannah Marshman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Clark_Marshman" title="John Clark Marshman">John Clark Marshman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joshua_Marshman" title="Joshua Marshman">Joshua Marshman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_Martyn" title="Henry Martyn">Henry Martyn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Donald_McGavran" title="Donald McGavran">Donald McGavran</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Mudge" title="James Mudge">James Mudge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Volbrecht_Nagel" title="Volbrecht Nagel">Volbrecht Nagel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Uglow_Pope" title="George Uglow Pope">George Uglow Pope</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Luther_Rice" title="Luther Rice">Luther Rice</a></li> <li><a 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