English Anglican priest and missionary in India and Persia
This article is about the Anglican missionary. For the English cricketer, see Henry Martyn (cricketer). For the economist, see Henry Martyn (economist). For other people of a similar name, see Henry Martin (disambiguation).
Henry Martyn
Missionary to India and Persia Translator of the Scriptures
Born
(1781-02-18)18 February 1781 Truro, Cornwall, England
Died
16 October 1812(1812-10-16) (aged 31) Tokat, Ottoman Empire
Venerated in
Anglican Communion
Feast
19 October
Henry Martyn (18 February 1781 – 16 October 1812) was an Anglican priest and missionary to the peoples of India and Persia. Born in Truro, Cornwall, he was educated at Truro Grammar School and St John's College, Cambridge.[1] A chance encounter with Charles Simeon led him to become a missionary. He was ordained a priest in the Church of England and became a chaplain for the British East India Company.
Martyn arrived in India in April 1806, where he preached and occupied himself in the study of linguistics. He translated the whole of the New Testament into Urdu, Persian and Judaeo-Persic. He also translated the Psalms into Persian and the Book of Common Prayer into Urdu. From India, he set out for Bushire, Shiraz, Isfahan, and Tabriz.
Martyn was seized with fever, and, though the plague was raging at Tokat, he was forced to stop there, unable to continue. On 16 October 1812, he died. He was remembered for his courage, selflessness and his religious devotion. In parts of the Anglican Communion he is celebrated with a Lesser Festival on 19 October. Martyn's papers and private letters are held at the Cambridge Centre for Christianity Worldwide at Westminster College in Cambridge, England.
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