Claudius
Buchanan
Born in Cambuslang, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Son of Alexander Buchanan
and Janet Somers
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Mary (Whish) Buchanan
— married
30 Apr 1799 in Poona, Calcutta, India
Descendants 
Father of
Charlotte Buchanan and Augusta (Buchanan) Ker
Died
at age 48
in Broxbourne, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom
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| Created 29 Sep 2015
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Biography
Claudius was born in 1766 in Cambuslang near Glasgow Scotland .[1] the same town as Dr David Livingston the African Explorer.
Claudius Buchanan was a missionary to India [2][3]
He died on the 9 th of Februay 1815 in Hertfordshire, England while working on the Syriac Bible.[4][5] [6]
Sources
- ↑ "DISTINGUISHED NATIVES OF CAMBUSLANG." Glasgow Herald, 22 Dec. 1856. British Library Newspapers, http://tinyurl.galegroup.com/tinyurl/6ctq54. Accessed 5 June 2018. Gale Document Number: GALE|BB3203481516
- ↑ "CHRISTIANITY IN INDIA." Morning Chronicle [1801], 17 Aug. 1859. British Library Newspapers, http://tinyurl.galegroup.com/tinyurl/6cu3H9. Accessed 5 June 2018. Gale Document Number: GALE|BC3207407562
- ↑ http://www.bu.edu/missiology/missionary-biography/a-c/buchanan-claudius-1766-1815/
- ↑ "News." Stamford Mercury, 17 Feb. 1815, p. 3. British Library Newspapers, http://tinyurl.galegroup.com/tinyurl/6cu7H7. Accessed 5 June 2018. Gale Document Number: GALE|JA3239456499
- ↑ https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claudius_Buchanan
- ↑ "The Legacy of Claudius Buchanan by Wilbert R. Schenk http://www.internationalbulletin.org/issues/1994-02/1994-02-078-shenk.pdf International Bulletin of Missionary Research, April 1994 pgs. 78-84
Christening 16 March 1766 at Cambuslang, Glasgow, Scotland
Education - 1782 entered Glasgow University, between 1787-1791 worked in a Solicitors Office in London, 1791 Queens College, Cambridge as a paying student 1795 B.A. and ordained Deacon in the Church of England by Bishop Porteous at Fulham on the 20th September 1795
Occupation 1796 Appointed a chaplaincy of Bengal, India. arrived Fort William, Calcutta in 1797 Returned to England from India 1808 - From National Biography Book
Marriage from Parish Records, Bengal India Volume 5 page 217
1814 at Broxbourne, Hertfordshire
Author of many books on life in India and Sermons , see "Reverend Claudius Buchanan " on Google
Burial at Little Ouseburn Cemetery , Boroughbridge, Yorkshire
- "MISSIONS TO AFRICA AND THE EAST." Morning Post, 26 June 1810. British Library Newspapers, http://tinyurl.galegroup.com/tinyurl/6ctpUX. Accessed 5 June 2018.
Gale Document Number: GALE|R3209490477
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