About John Hands
Lived 1780 – 1864 (aged 83). John Hands was a translator and bible translator.
John Hands (5 December 1780 – 30 June 1864 in Dublin ) was a missionary of the London Missionary Society in India and, with William Reeve, translator of one of the first Bible translations into Kannada. Hands founded the mission station in Bellary in 1810, after having failed to establish a base at Seringapatam.
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Christian missionary to India (1780-1864)
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John Hands was born on 5 December 1780.
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John Hands died on 30 June 1864.
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John Hands was a translator and bible translator.
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