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See also:MOFFAT, See also:ROBERT (1795-1883) , Scottish Congregationalist missionary to See also:Africa, was See also:born at Ormiston, See also:Haddingtonshire, on the 21st of See also:December 1795, of humble parentage. He began as a gardener, but in 1814, when employed at High See also:Leigh in See also:Cheshire, offered himself to the See also:London Missionary Society, and in 1816 was sent out to See also:South Africa. After spending a See also:year in Namaqua See also:Land, with the See also:chief Afrikaner, whom he converted, Moffat returned to Cape See also:Town in 1819 and married See also:Mary See also:- SMITH
- SMITH, ADAM (1723–1790)
- SMITH, ALEXANDER (183o-1867)
- SMITH, ANDREW JACKSON (1815-1897)
- SMITH, CHARLES EMORY (1842–1908)
- SMITH, CHARLES FERGUSON (1807–1862)
- SMITH, CHARLOTTE (1749-1806)
- SMITH, COLVIN (1795—1875)
- SMITH, EDMUND KIRBY (1824-1893)
- SMITH, G
- SMITH, GEORGE (1789-1846)
- SMITH, GEORGE (184o-1876)
- SMITH, GEORGE ADAM (1856- )
- SMITH, GERRIT (1797–1874)
- SMITH, GOLDWIN (1823-191o)
- SMITH, HENRY BOYNTON (1815-1877)
- SMITH, HENRY JOHN STEPHEN (1826-1883)
- SMITH, HENRY PRESERVED (1847– )
- SMITH, JAMES (1775–1839)
- SMITH, JOHN (1579-1631)
- SMITH, JOHN RAPHAEL (1752–1812)
- SMITH, JOSEPH, JR
- SMITH, MORGAN LEWIS (1822–1874)
- SMITH, RICHARD BAIRD (1818-1861)
- SMITH, ROBERT (1689-1768)
- SMITH, SIR HENRY GEORGE WAKELYN
- SMITH, SIR THOMAS (1513-1577)
- SMITH, SIR WILLIAM (1813-1893)
- SMITH, SIR WILLIAM SIDNEY (1764-1840)
- SMITH, SYDNEY (1771-1845)
- SMITH, THOMAS SOUTHWOOD (1788-1861)
- SMITH, WILLIAM (1769-1839)
- SMITH, WILLIAM (c. 1730-1819)
- SMITH, WILLIAM (fl. 1596)
- SMITH, WILLIAM FARRAR (1824—1903)
- SMITH, WILLIAM HENRY (1808—1872)
- SMITH, WILLIAM HENRY (1825—1891)
- SMITH, WILLIAM ROBERTSON (1846-'894)
Smith (1795-1870), the daughter of a former employer, a remarkable woman and most helpful wife. In 182o Moffat and his wife See also:left the Cape and proceeded to Griqua Town, and ultimately settled at See also:Kuruman, among the See also:Bechuana tribes living to the See also:west of the See also:Vaal See also:river. Here he worked as a missionary till 187o, when he reluctantly returned finally to his native land. He made frequent journeys into the neighbouring regions as far See also:north as the See also:Matabele See also:country. The results of these journeys he communicated to the Royal See also:Geographical Society (See also:Journal See also:xxv.-xxxviii. and Proceedings ii.), and when in See also:England on furlough (1839--1843) he published his well-known Missionary Labours and Scenes in South Africa (1842). He translated the whole of the See also:Bible and The See also:Pilgrim's Progress into Sechwana. Moffat was builder, See also:carpenter, smith, gardener, See also:farmer, all in one, and by See also:precept and example he succeeded in. turning a See also:horde of bloodthirsty savages into a "See also:people appreciating and cultivating the arts and habits of civilized See also:life, with a written See also:language of their own." He met with incredible discouragement and dangers at first, which he overcame by his strong faith, determination and genial See also:humour. It was largely due to him that See also:David See also:Livingstone, his son-in-See also:law, took up his subsequent See also:work. On his return to England he received a testimonial of £5000. He died at Leigh, near Tunbridge See also:Wells, on the 9th of See also:August 1883.
See Lives of Robert and Mary Moffat, by J. S. Moffat (1885) ; and C. S. See also:Horne, The See also:Story of the L. M. S. (1894).
End of Article: MOFFAT, ROBERT (1795-1883)
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