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William Carey
| English Baptist missionary Date of Birth: 17.08.1761 Country: Great Britain |
Content:
- Early Life and Education
- Missionary Calling
- Founding the Baptist Missionary Society
- Arrival in India
- Professor and Linguist
- Literary and Scientific Contributions
- Social Activism
- Later Years and Legacy
Early Life and Education
William Carey was born on August 17, 1761, in Paulerspury, Northamptonshire, England.
The eldest child of Edmund and Elizabeth Carey, a weaver, he exhibited a precocious interest in science and languages.
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At the age of 14, he became an apprentice to a shoemaker in the nearby village of Hackleton, where he converted to the Congregationalist faith.
Missionary Calling
Despite his trade, Carey continued to pursue his studies in foreign languages, including French, Greek, and Hebrew.
On October 5, 1783, he was baptized into the Particular Baptist Church and in 1785 became a schoolmaster in the neighboring village of Moulton. There, he emb