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  1. Today, Alexander Duff is largely forgotten, his memory eclipsed by his younger contemporary, David Livingston. Yet when Duff died in 1878, the Times contained a long obituary, Prime Minister Gladstone eulogised him and Scotland mourned as a nation that had lost its noblest son. Few then would have thought it possible that Duff would ever be ...

  2. www.asiainglobalaffairs.in › dialogue › alexander-duff-and-english-education-in-bengalAlexander Duff and English education in Bengal

    Alexander Duff, a representative of the Scottish Mission and a recognized orator in the General Assembly of Scotland reached Calcutta on 27 th May 1830 with the directive of setting up a branch of the Church of Scotland in India that would reach out to rural Bengal. The times were amenable to such evangelical endeavours as grounds had been ...

  3. www.encyclopedia.com › protestant-christianity-biographies › alexander-duffAlexander Duff | Encyclopedia.com

    27 de jun. de 2018 · Alexander Duff. The Scottish Presbyterian missionary Alexander Duff (1806-1878) was a pioneer of Christian education in India and a foremost leader of the world missionary movement of his day. Alexander Duff was born in Moulin on April 25, 1806, into a pious family. He was a brilliant student at St. Andrews University.

  4. 22 de feb. de 2021 · Alexander Duff ministry in India. Born in Perthshire, Alexander was a son of a farmer. He graduated in Arts and Theology from St. Andrews University, where he founded a student missionary society. Soon after his studies, he accepted the offer made by the Church of Scotland to be their first missionary to India. After surviving a couple of ...

  5. 10 de oct. de 2018 · Duff, Alexander, 1806-1878, Missions -- India Publisher New York : Baptist Board of Education, Dept. of Missionary Education Collection columbiamrlpamphlets; ColumbiaUniversityLibraries; americana Contributor Columbia University Libraries Language English

  6. Alexander Duff, de Delgaty Castle, Aberdeenshire, Escocia, nació en 1778. Era el segundo hijo de Alexander (1731-1811), tercer conde de Fife 1 y de Mary Skene. 2 Su hermano mayor, James (1776-1857), heredó el título y alcanzó el grado de general como voluntario en el ejército patriota español durante la Guerra de Independencia Española ...

  7. 27 de jun. de 2024 · 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 ...

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