Modern English biography, volume 1 (of 4), A-HBoase, Frederic
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Modern English biography, volume 1 (of 4), A-H
Boase, Frederic
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ANDERSON, REV. JOHN. _b._ Craig farm, parish of Kilpatrick-Durham,
Galloway 23 May 1805; ed. at Univ. of Edin; ordained a minister of
church of Scotland 13 July 1836; sent out to Madras as a
missionary 1836; baptised his first converts 20 June 1841; joined
the Free Church at the disruption 1 July 1843; the mission was
then carried on in connection with that church; established many
schools both for boys and girls; published the _Native Herald_, a
bimonthly periodical 2 Oct. 1841. _d._ Madras 25 March 1855. _Rev.
John Braidwood’s True Yoke-fellows in the mission field_ 1862,
_portrait_.
ANDERSON, JOHN. Col. 43 Madras N.I. 7 Jan. 1843 to 7 Feb. 1848; col.
37 Madras N.I. 7 Feb. 1848 to death; L.G. 23 Sep. 1857. _d._
Folkestone 22 July 1858.
ANDERSON, JOHN (_son of Wm. Anderson of Green st. London, horse
dealer_). Partner with his father many years; the first man to
direct attention to the value of action in horses; Anderson’s
Steppers were known all over Europe; kept steppers in Green st.,
hacks in Bryanston st. and hunters at Mapesbury farm, Willesden
lane, which is minutely described in Edmund Yates’s first novel;
_Broken to harness_ 1865. _d._ Jany. 1864 aged 55. _Sporting
Gazette 11 Feb. 1865_, _p._ 113.
NOTE.—His horses were sold 7–9 Feb. 1865 for sum of £20898
average £205 each horse, which exceeded in value any previous
sale of horses in this country.
ANDERSON, JOHN. Col. 61 Bengal N.I. 7 July 1842 to death; General 14
Jan. 1864. _d._ Norwood, Surrey 25 April 1866 aged 84.
ANDERSON, REV. JOHN HENRY. _b._ Oakham 4 July 1841; Wesleyan
Methodist minister 1862 to death. _d._ on board the “Lorraine” in
latitude 28°31 S. longitude 61°46 E. in the Indian ocean 3 Jany.
1880. _Memorials of Rev. J. H. Anderson_ 1882, _portrait_.
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