Robert Cotton Mather

Robert Cotton Mather (1808–1877) was an English missionary in India.

Life The son of James Mather, a congregational minister, he was born at New Windsor, Manchester, on 8 November 1808, and educated at Edinburgh and Glasgow universities, and Homerton College. After his ordination at Lendal Chapel, York, on 1 June 1833, he went to India as an agent of the London Missionary Society.

Mather had the pastorate of the Union Chapel, Calcutta, for a few months, then moved to Benares, where he remained until May 1838. He settled at Mirzapur. There, he established a new mission, and over time, gathered a Christian community, built schools and churches, founded the orphan school press, started and edited a monthly journal in Hindustani, preached in the languages of Northern India, and was a member of various missionary associations in India.