MATHER, Robert Cotton

[s. 458] : Born November 8, 1808, at New Windsor, Manchester, England; educated at Edinburgh, Glasgow, and Hamerton College; sailed July 9, 1833, for India, as a mi ionary of the LMS. He was stationed at Benares for four years, and then removed with his family In 1844 to Mirzapur, founding a new station. he went to England for his health. Returning in 1846, he continued his work in and around Mirzapur, literature. and prepared Christian vernacular He again visited England in 1857, where he resided during three years, at the request of the North India and the British and Foreign Bible Societies, engaged in making a revision, with marginal references, of the whole Bible in Urdu. This was carried through the pre , and the New Testament in English and Urdu was reprinted. He reembarked for India. November 20, 1860, with Mrs. Mather. In 1862 he received the degree of LL.D. from the Uni ver Glasgow. In 1869 he left Mirzapur for Almora, seeking to benefit his health. He aided sity of Mn ana 441 MaurltluA mi ion work while carrying on his literary work, completing a new edition of the entire Bible in Urdu printed in Roman letters. He commenced work on an edition in Urdu printed Arabic characters with references. He in returned to Mirzapur in 1870. In 1873 he left India on his final return to England. At the request of the Religious Tract Societies of North India and London, he undertook to prepare and carry through the pre a Hindu stan i version of the New Testament portion of the Tract Society’s Annotated Paragraph Bible. This was completed in two years. He then undertook the preparation of a similar version of the Old Testament portion of the same work. Unable to resume foreign mi ionary work, he thus continued in England to work for India with his pen. He died at Finchley, near London, April and his advice accepted by all. He resided rnd labored mainly in Bangkok, and was pastor of the First Presbyterian Church in that city from 1860 to 1866. In the latter year, on account of the failure of Mrs. Mattoon’s health, he returned home. He was in the pastorate and in educational work in the United States, never neglecting the opportunity to preach until he died in 1889. 21, 1877. 459