See also:

• ROBERT
• ROBERT (1275—1343)
• ROBERT, HUBERT (1753-1808)
• ROBERT, LOUIS LEOPOLD (1794-1835)

ROBERT See also:

• MOFFAT
• ROBERT MOFFAT (1795-1883)

MOFFAT (1795-1883)  , Scottish Congregationalist missionary to See also:

• AFRICA
• AFRICA, ROMAN

Africa, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at Ormiston, See also:

• HADDINGTONSHIRE, or EAST LOTHIAN

Haddingtonshire, on the 21st of See also:

• DECEMBER (Lat. decent, ten)

December 1795, of humble parentage . He began as a gardener, but in 1814, when employed at High See also:

• LEIGH
• LEIGH, EDWARD (1602–1671)

Leigh in See also:

• CHESHIRE

Cheshire, offered himself to the See also:

• LONDON

London Missionary Society, and in 1816 was sent out to See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

South Africa . After spending a See also:

• YEAR

year in Namaqua See also:

• LAND

Land, with the See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief Afrikaner, whom he converted, See also:

• MOFFAT
• MOFFAT, ROBERT (1795-1883)

Moffat returned to Cape See also:

• TOWN

Town in 1819 and married See also:

• MARY
• MARY (1457-1482)
• MARY (1496-1533)
• MARY, QUEEN OF SCOTS

Mary See also:

• SMITH
• SMITH, ADAM (1723–1790)
• SMITH, ALEXANDER (183o-1867)
• SMITH, ANDREW JACKSON (1815-1897)
• SMITH, CHARLES EMORY (1842–1908)
• SMITH, CHARLES FERGUSON (1807–1862)
• SMITH, CHARLOTTE (1749-1806)
• SMITH, COLVIN (1795—1875)
• SMITH, EDMUND KIRBY (1824-1893)
• SMITH, G
• SMITH, GEORGE (1789-1846)
• SMITH, GEORGE (184o-1876)
• SMITH, GEORGE ADAM (1856- )
• SMITH, GERRIT (1797–1874)
• SMITH, GOLDWIN (1823-191o)
• SMITH, HENRY BOYNTON (1815-1877)
• SMITH, HENRY JOHN STEPHEN (1826-1883)
• SMITH, HENRY PRESERVED (1847– )
• SMITH, JAMES (1775–1839)
• SMITH, JOHN (1579-1631)
• SMITH, JOHN RAPHAEL (1752–1812)
• SMITH, JOSEPH, JR
• SMITH, MORGAN LEWIS (1822–1874)
• SMITH, RICHARD BAIRD (1818-1861)
• SMITH, ROBERT (1689-1768)
• SMITH, SIR HENRY GEORGE WAKELYN
• SMITH, SIR THOMAS (1513-1577)
• SMITH, SIR WILLIAM (1813-1893)
• SMITH, SIR WILLIAM SIDNEY (1764-1840)
• SMITH, SYDNEY (1771-1845)
• SMITH, THOMAS SOUTHWOOD (1788-1861)
• SMITH, WILLIAM (1769-1839)
• SMITH, WILLIAM (c. 1730-1819)
• SMITH, WILLIAM (fl. 1596)
• SMITH, WILLIAM FARRAR (1824—1903)
• SMITH, WILLIAM HENRY (1808—1872)
• SMITH, WILLIAM HENRY (1825—1891)
• SMITH, WILLIAM ROBERTSON (1846-'894)

Smith (1795-1870), the daughter of a former employer, a remarkable woman and most helpful wife . In 182o Moffat and his wife See also:

• LEFT

left the Cape and proceeded to Griqua Town, and ultimately settled at See also:

• KURUMAN

Kuruman, among the See also:

• BECHUANA

Bechuana tribes living to the See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

west of the See also:

• VAAL

Vaal See also:

• RIVER

river . Here he worked as a missionary till 187o, when he reluctantly returned finally to his native land . He made frequent journeys into the neighbouring regions as far See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

north as the See also:

• MATABELE (" vanishing " or " hidden " people, so called from their appearance in battle, hidden behind enormous oxhide shields)

Matabele See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country . The results of these journeys he communicated to the Royal See also:

• GEOGRAPHICAL

Geographical Society (See also:

• JOURNAL
• JOURNAL (through Fr. from late Lat. diurnalis, daily)

Journal See also:

• XXV

xxv.-xxxviii. and Proceedings ii.), and when in See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England on furlough (1839--1843) he published his well-known Missionary Labours and Scenes in South Africa (1842) . He translated the whole of the See also:

• BIBLE
• BIBLE, ENGLISH

Bible and The See also:

• PILGRIM

Pilgrim's Progress into Sechwana . Moffat was builder, See also:

• CARPENTER, LANT (1780-1840)
• CARPENTER, MIRY (1807-1877)
• CARPENTER, WILLIAM BENJAMIN (1813-1885)

carpenter, smith, gardener, See also:

• FARMER, RICHARD (1735–1787)

farmer, all in one, and by See also:

• PRECEPT (Lat. praeceptum, a rule, from praecipere, literally to take beforehand, to give rules, instructions or orders)

precept and example he succeeded in. turning a See also:

• HORDE

horde of bloodthirsty savages into a "See also:

• PEOPLE

people appreciating and cultivating the arts and habits of civilized See also:

• LIFE

life, with a written See also:

• LANGUAGE (adapted from the Fr. langage, from langue, tongue, Lat. lingua)

language of their own." He met with incredible discouragement and dangers at first, which he overcame by his strong faith, determination and genial See also:

• HUMOUR (Latin humor)

humour . It was largely due to him that See also:

• DAVID
• DAVID (a Hebrew name meaning probably beloved 1)
• DAVID, FELICIEN (1810—1876)
• DAVID, GERARD [GHEERAERT DAVIT], (?=1523)
• DAVID, PIERRE JEAN (1789–1856)
• DAVID, ST (Dewi, Sant)

David See also:

• LIVINGSTONE, DAVID (1813-1873)

Livingstone, his son-in-See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law, took up his subsequent See also:

• WORK

work . On his return to England he received a testimonial of £5000 . He died at Leigh, near Tunbridge See also:

• WELLS
• WELLS, CHARLES JEREMIAH (1798?–1879)
• WELLS, DAVID AMES (1828—1898)
• WELLS, HERBERT GEORGE (1866— )
• WELLS, SIR THOMAS SPENCER, 1ST BART

Wells, on the 9th of See also:

• AUGUST (originally Sextilis)

August 1883 .

See Lives of See also:

• ROBERT
• ROBERT (1275—1343)
• ROBERT, HUBERT (1753-1808)
• ROBERT, LOUIS LEOPOLD (1794-1835)

Robert and Mary Moffat, by J . S . Moffat (1885) ; and C . S . See also:

• HORNE, GEORGE (1730-1792)
• HORNE, RICHARD HENRY, or HENGIST (1803–1884)
• HORNE, THOMAS HARTWELL (178o-1862)

Horne, The See also:

• STORY, JOHN (c. 1510-1571)
• STORY, JOSEPH (1779-1845)
• STORY, ROBERT HERBERT (1835-1907)
• STORY, WILLIAM WETMORE (1819—1895)

Story of the L . M . S . (1894) .