Henry Martyn

Standard Name: Martyn, Henry

Connections

Connections Author name Excerpt
Cultural formation Mary Martha Sherwood
MMS met the Evangelical missionary Henry Martyn and discovered the doctrine of total human depravity, and her own ignorance of it.
Royde-Smith, Naomi, and Denis Dighton. The State of Mind of Mrs. Sherwood. Macmillan.
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Sherwood, Mary Martha, and Henry Sherwood. The Life of Mrs. Sherwood. Editor Kelly, Sophia, Darton.
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Darton, F. J. Harvey, editor. The Life and Times of Mrs. Sherwood. Wells Gardner, Darton.
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Cultural formation Mary Martha Sherwood
MMS was born into the English professional class and the Anglican faith. After she went to India the fact that she was white became a crucial part of her identity. After meeting Henry Martyn she...

Timeline

1806: Pioneering missionary Henry Martyn moved...

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1806

Pioneering missionary Henry Martyn moved to Calcutta to continue his proselytising work.

1810: Evangelical missionary Henry Martyn finished...

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1810

Evangelical missionary Henry Martyn finished a comprehensive Urdu version of the Bible; this is the only original translation into any language from a comparable date that is still being used today.

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