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Rufus Anderson

Rufus Anderson (August 18, 1796 - May 23, 1880) was born in North Yarmouth, Maine, U.S. His father was a Congregationalist pastor. He graduated from Bowdoin College in 1818, and from Andover Theological Seminary in 1822, and was ordained as a minister in 1826. He worked at the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions (ABCFM) as an assistant while studying at Andover Theological Seminary. In 1822 he applied to go to India but was asked to remain at headquarters and later appointed assistant secretary. In 1832 he was given total responsibility for overseas work.

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Born 1796
Died 1880

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  • Cover of: Memoir of Catharine Brown: a Christian Indian of the Cherokee nation.

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  • Cover of: History of the Sandwich Islands Mission.

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  • Cover of: Observations upon the Peloponnesus and Greek islands, made in 1829.

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  • Cover of: History of the missions of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions in India

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  • Cover of: Memorial volume of the first fifty years of the American board of commissioners for foreign missions ...

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  • Cover of: History of the missions of the American board of commissioners for foreign missions to the oriental churches

    First published in 1872 — 4 editions
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  • Cover of: Foreign missions, their relations and claims

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  • Cover of: History of the missions of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions to the oriental churches: vol.2.

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  • Cover of: The Hawaiian Islands: their progress and condition under missionary labors

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  • Cover of: The theory of missions to the heathen: a sermon at the ordination of Mr. Edward Webb, as a missionary to the heathen

    First published in 1845 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: The missionary age: a half-century discourse

    First published in 1851 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: Memoir of Catharine Brown: A Christian Indian of the Cherokee Nation

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  • Cover of: History of the mission of the American board of commissioners for foreign missions to the Sandwich islands

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  • Cover of: Remarks on the island of Cuba

    First published in 1823 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: Dr. Anderson's farewell to the missionaries.

    First published in 1866 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: History of the missions of the American Board of Commissions for Foreign Missions to the oriental churches

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  • Cover of: Foreign mission: their relations and claims

    First published in 1869 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: A heathen nation evangelized. History of the Sandwich islands mission

    First published in 1872 — 1 edition
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Born 1796
Died 1880

Subjects

Missions, American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions, History, Congregational churches, Eastern churches, Sandwich Islands Mission, American Sermons, Description and travel, Sermons, Baptists, Biography, Cherokee Indians, Close and open communion, Controversial literature, Indians of North America, Maps, Ordination sermons, Orthodox Eastern Church, Orthodoxos Ekklēsia tēs Hellados, Presbyterian Church

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Hawaii, Cuba, Greece, India, Middle East

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Catharine Brown (1800?-1823), Edward Webb (1819-1898)

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September 30, 2020 Edited by MARC Bot add ISNI
March 31, 2017 Edited by MARC Bot add VIAF and wikidata ID
April 12, 2010 Edited by Open Library Bot Added photos to author pages.
February 6, 2009 Edited by Edward Betts tidy
April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import