About John Van Nest Talmage
Lived 1819 – 1892 (aged 73). John Van Nest Talmage was an American lexicographer, linguist, missionary and protestant clergyman.
John Van Nest Talmage (18 August 1819 – 19 August 1892), was a Protestant Christian missionary to Amoy, Fujian, China. He was sent by the Reformed Church in America from 1847 to 1890.
Biography His younger brother Thomas De Witt Talmage was also a clergyman, and his family, within the Reformed tradition, migrated to North America from the Netherlands. His father's family had emigrated from England, and were the founders of the towns of South Hampton, and East Hampton in New York.
Works
He is memorialized in the classic work Forty Years in China, which was written by Rev. John Gerardus Fagg in 1894, a biography genre.
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Who was John Van Nest Talmage?
American missionary (1819–1892)
When was John Van Nest Talmage born?
John Van Nest Talmage was born on 18 August 1819 in Somerville.
When did John Van Nest Talmage die?
John Van Nest Talmage died on 19 August 1892 in Bound Brook.
What was John Van Nest Talmage's occupation?
John Van Nest Talmage was a lexicographer, linguist, missionary and protestant clergyman.
What nationality was John Van Nest Talmage?
John Van Nest Talmage was American.
Sources & further reading
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