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Dictionary of Indian Biography (Buckland)

Dictionary of Indian Biography D to F

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Date transcribed	2011-03-01
Transcribed by	Peter Bailey
Comment	Note that notables of Indian, Afghan, etc. origin do not always follow the alphabetical name pattern established by Buckland in his original work.

	Surname	Forsyth
	First Name(s)	Nathaniel
	Titles	Rev.
	Year of Birth	1769
	Year of Death	1816
	Entry	Born 1769 in Dumfriesshire : educated at Glasgow, and at the Divinity Hall, under the Rev. Professor G. Lawson, of the New Burgher Associate Synod : became a tutor at an academy, Islington, and a candidate for missionary work : arrived in Bengal, Dec. 1798, as the first missionary sent out by the London Missionary Society : allowed to preach in Dr. Dunwiddie's lecture-room in Cossitolla, Calcutta : also at the General Hospital and the Fort : held charge of the Settlement Church at Chinsura, and managed a large school there, 1805 : he and Dr. Carey opened the Lal Bazar Chapel, Jan. I, 1809 : died at Chandernagore, Feb. 11, 1816.

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