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Robert Moffat (21 December 1795 – 9 August 1883) was a Scottish Congregationalist missionary to Africa ftom 1817–1870. Moffat began his missionary career in South Africa at the age of twenty-one. He was married to Mary Moffat.
Pioneer missionary and linguist in southern Africa. Moffat grew up in central Scotland, but in 1813 he moved to England, where he began to work for James Smith, a pious Scottish merchant in Manchester. Smith’s daughter Mary would later join Moffat in South Africa as his wife.
Robert Moffat (born Dec. 21, 1795, Ormiston, East Lothian, Scot.—died Aug. 9, 1883, Leigh, Kent, Eng.) was a Scottish missionary to Africa and Bible translator, who was known for his efforts to improve local living standards in Africa. He was also the father-in-law of the missionary and explorer David Livingstone (1813–73).
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Jul 4, 2011 · Robert Moffat. July 04, 2011. Robert Moffat was a Scottish Congregationalist Pioneer Missionary to Africa and father-in-law of David Livingstone, born on 21st December 1795 in Ormiston, East Lothian in Scotland to poor parents. The educational advantages afforded him were limited, so, at a young age, he became an apprentice to learn gardening.
Dec 23, 2014 · He also wrote and published Missionary Labours and Scenes in South Africa (1842) where he reveals his family experiences, and he translated the Bible and John Bunyan’s The Pilgrim’s Progress into Setswana, an African language spoken around Kuruman, where he had settled.
Oct 3, 2018 · Born in East Lothian in 1795, Robert Moffat was one of the most influential missionaries in Africa. One historian claimed that he was “undeniably the greatest missionary which that (London Missionary) Society sent to South Africa – the greatest in natural ability, in patient devotion to duty, and in deep, transparent piety.1.
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1795-1883 Presbyterian South Africa. Robert Moffat, a pioneering Scottish Protestant missionary and Bible translator, was the father and founder of missionary work in South Africa. Moffat came from a simple Scottish family and was apprenticed as a gardener.
