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Glimpses of Christian History Presents Factoid #25: The Professor Who Never Went to College © 2007

 
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William Carey


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illiam Carey (1761-1834) depicted here with his Brahman pundit, works on a translation of the Bible.

Carey, a humble English cobbler never earned a college degree. He left school by age 14. Yet he later became a professor of languages and oversaw the translation of the Bible into over 36 languages.

He became world famous as a missionary, linguist, botanist, and educator and is sometimes known as the "Father of Modern Missions."

  
       
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