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William Carey (17 August 1761 – 9 June 1834) was an English Christian missionary, Particular Baptist minister, translator, social reformer and cultural anthropologist who founded the Serampore College and the Serampore University, the first degree-awarding university in India. [1]
William Carey was the founder of the English Baptist Missionary Society (1792), a lifelong missionary to India, and an educator whose mission at Shrirampur (Serampore) set the pattern for modern missionary work.
William Carey University is a Christian university dedicated to guiding students in finding and achieving their higher calling. We believe in challenging students to excel in scholarship, leadership, and service in the global community, we believe in preparing students to fulfill their diverse callings and inspire positive change in the world ...
Sep 1, 2011 · When Englishman William Carey (1761–1834) arrived in India in 1793, it marked a major milestone in the history of Christian missions and in the history of India. Carey established the Serampore Mission—the first modern Protestant mission in the non-English-speaking world—near Calcutta on January 10, 1800. 1 From this base, he labored for ...
His greatest legacy was in the worldwide missionary movement of the nineteenth century that he inspired. Missionaries like Adoniram Judson, Hudson Taylor, and David Livingstone, among thousands of...
Feb 5, 2024 · William Carey is remembered today as the Father of Modern Protestant Missions. Carey was born and raised in the rural Northamptonshire village of Paulerspury in central England. He was the oldest of five children born to Edmund Carey and Elizabeth Wells.
William Carey (August 17, 1761 – June 9, 1834) was an English missionary and Baptist minister, known as the "father of modern missions." Carey was one of the founders of the Baptist Missionary Society.
