Robert Cotton Mather
Robert Cotton Mather (1808–1877) was an English missionary in India.
Life
The son of James Mather, a congregational minister, he was born at
Mather had the pastorate of the Union Chapel,
Mather returned to England in 1873, after forty years' work in India. At the time of his death, which took place at Torrington Park, Finchley, London, on 21 April 1877, he was engaged on a commentary on the Old Testament in the same language.[1]
Works
Cotton revised and edited the entire Bible in Hindustani, and in recognition of this work the University of Glasgow conferred on him the degree of LL.D. in 1862. He also wrote tracts in Hindi and Urdu, and among his English writings is Christian Missions in India, London, 1858. He edited
Family
Mather's wife Elizabeth, née Sewell, had been a church member of Hew Court Chapel, Carey Street, London. She published a Hindustani dictionary of the Bible. After Mather's death she joined the female mission at Mirzapur, and died 29 March 1879. Their youngest son, C. B. Mather, went as medical missionary to East Africa.[1] Their daughter Margaret married Matthew Atmore Sherring.[2]
Notes
- ^ a b c d e Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900. .
- doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/25387. (Subscription or UK public library membershiprequired.)
- Attribution
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: "Mather, Robert Cotton". Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.