John Campbell (missionary)
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| Born | March 1766 |
| Died | 4 April 1840 (aged 74) |
| Occupation | Missionary |
John Campbell (born March 1766 in Edinburgh, Scotland – 4 April 1840 Kingsland, London), was a Scottish missionary and traveller.
Life
He attended the
Congregational Church minister. He was minister at Kingsland, an independent chapel he had founded, from 1802. He was instrumental in founding the British and Foreign Bible Society and became a director of the London Missionary Society.[1]
The London Missionary Society sent him to the
Griquatown
, was named in his honour.
Campbell returned to the Cape in February 1819 in the company of
Bechuana tribe. Campbell once more ventured into the interior, leaving Cape Town in January 1820 and travelling as far north as Mosega in Barotseland, on which journey he also came across the large settlement of Kaditshwene near the Limpopo River. He left for England in February 1821, publishing two further volumes covering his second journey. He subsequently delivered a series of lectures on his missionary work.[2]
References
- ^ "School of Oriental and African Studies Library: Campbell, John". www.mundus.ac.uk.
- ^ Standard Encyclopaedia of Southern Africa vol 3
Bibliography
- Campbell, John (1816). Travels in South Africa. Undertaken at the request of the Missionary Society. Andover. at the Internet Archive
- Philip, Robert (1841). The Life, Times and Missionary Enterprises of the Rev. John Campbell. London: John Snow. at the Internet Archive
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