Online Encyclopedia

Search over 40,000 articles from the original, classic Encyclopedia Britannica, 11th Edition.

BUCHANAN, CLAUDIUS

Online Encyclopedia
Originally appearing in Volume V04, Page 714 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
» Make a correction to this article.
» Add information or comments to this article.
Spread the word: del.icio.us del.icio.us it!

See also:

BUCHANAN, See also:CLAUDIUS 11766–1815), See also:English divine, was See also:born at See also:Cambuslang, near See also:Glasgow, and educated at the See also:universities of Glasgow and See also:Cambridge. He was ordained in 1795, and after holding a chaplaincy in See also:India 'at See also:Barrackpur (1797–1799) was appointed See also:Calcutta See also:chaplain and See also:vice-See also:principal of the See also:college of Fort See also:William. In this capacity he did much to advance See also:Christianity and native See also:education in India, especially by organizing systematic See also:translations of the Scriptures. An See also:account of his travels in the See also:south and See also:west of India, which added considerably to our knowledge of nature See also:life, is given in his See also:Christian Researches in See also:Asia (Cambridge, 181 I). After his return to See also:England in 18o8, he still took an active See also:part in matters connected with India, and by his See also:book entitled Colonial Ecclesiastical See also:Establishment (See also:London, 1813), he assisted in settling the controversy of 1813, which ended in the establishment of the See also:Indian episcopate.

End of Article: BUCHANAN, CLAUDIUS

Additional information and Comments

There are no comments yet for this article.
» Add information or comments to this article.
Please link directly to this article:
Highlight the code below, right click, and select "copy." Then paste it into your website, email, or other HTML.
Site content, images, and layout Copyright © 2006 - Net Industries, worldwide.
Do not copy, download, transfer, or otherwise replicate the site content in whole or in part.

Links to articles and home page are always encouraged.

[back]
BUCHANAN 		[next]
BUCHANAN, GEORGE (1506–1582)

Site © 2006 - Net Industries