Robert Moffat (missionary)
Scottish missionary / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Dear Wikiwand AI, let's keep it short by simply answering these key questions:
Can you list the top facts and stats about Robert Moffat (missionary)?
Summarize this article for a 10 year old
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, the parents of Mary Moffat Livingstone and the father-in-law of David Livingstone who often worked with Moffat and his missionary efforts at various stations in southern Africa While doing missionary work at the mission at Kuruman Moffat was the first to translate and have printed the Bible into the Sechuana language[lower-alpha 1] While in Africa Moffat devoted much of his time preaching the gospel and discussing the Bible and also taught many of the natives how to read and write. Moffat's missionary career in Africa spanned a total of fifty-four years.
Robert Moffat | |
---|---|
Personal | |
Born | 21 December 1795 Ormiston, East Lothian, Scotland |
Died | 9 August 1883 (aged 87) Leigh, Kent, England |
Religion | Methodist Episcopal Church |
Spouse | Mary Moffat |
Occupation | Missionary in Africa, author, teacher |
Signature |