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MOFFAT, John Smith was born on March 10, 1835 in Kuruman, Bechwanaland. Son of late Reverend Robert Moffat, Doctor of Divinity, and Mary, daughter of late James Smith.
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The Lives of Robert Mary Moffat: With Portrait and Illustrations (Classic Reprint)
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Excerpt from The Lives of Robert Mary Moffat: With Portrait and Illustrations In issuing a Popular Edition of this work, the Editor repeats his thanks for the willing help rendered to him in the compiling of the First Edition by many friends, including the Directors of the London Missionary Society. Still more, old friends, whose confidence in committing to him the family correspondence of long years between their parents and his, furnished him with much that has proved of great interest. Besides these, he thanks the friends of later years, whose reminiscences are the more valuable as letters of that period became less copious. It was not till most of these pages were in print that the Editor had the opportunity of visiting Ormiston, his father's native village, on the occasion of the unveiling of a monument to his memory, of which an illustration will be found in this work. The monument owes its existence to the zeal of a few friends in Edinburgh. They found an unwearied secretary in Mr. Thomas Fairgrieve, to whose hearty exertions much is due. The Editor is thankful that Mr. Stevenson has been successful in producing one of the best portraits in existence of Robert Moffat, in so permanent a form as that of the bronze medallion which forms the chief feature of the memorial at Ormiston. Round that quiet nook in East Lothian cluster many associations. Close by is the Hall, with its great yew-tree, one of the finest in Scotland, so closely bound up with the memory of John Knox and of Wishart; and from the old Hall - part of which still stands - Wishart was taken by night, to be carried away to his martyrdom. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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John Smith MOFFAT
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Education
Studied at private school, Newcastle-on-Tyne. Cheshunt College; New College London. Missionary in Matabeleland, 1859 - 65.
Bechwanaland till 1879.
Commissioner on western border of the Transvaal during British occupation, 18S0-S1. Resident Magistrate, Maseru, Basutoland, 1882- 1884.
Resident Magistrate, Taungs, Bechwanaland, 1885-1887.
Career
Assistant Commissioner in Bechwanaland Protectorate and Matabeleland, 1887-1895. Resident Magistrate, Taungs, 1895-1896. Decorated for special diplomatic services in Matabeleland.
Retired on pension.
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The Lives of Robert Mary Moffat: With Portrait and Illustrations (Classic Reprint)
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The lives of Robert & Mary Moffat 1885 [Hardcover]
(Lang:- eng, Pages 538. Reprinted in 2015 with the help of...)
- The Lives of Robert & Mary Moffat By Their Son John S. Moffat
- The Lives of Robert & Mary Moffat by their son John S. Moffat with Portraits and Maps
- THE LIVES OF ROBERT AND MARY MOFFAT
- The Lives of Robert and Mary Moffat
- The lives of Robert and Mary Moffat by their son John S. Moffat.
- ***RE-PRINT*** The lives of Robert & Mary Moffat
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The Lives of Robert Mary Moffat: With Portrait and Illustrations (Classic Reprint)
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