PRICE, ROGER (1834 - 1900), missionary under the London Missionary Society, and linguist
Date of birth: 1834
Date of death: 1900
Parent: Jane Price
Parent: Roger Price
Gender: Male
Occupation: missionary under the London Missionary Society, and linguist
Area of activity: Religion; Scholarship and Languages
Author: Evan Lewis Evans
christened 24 February 1834 at [ Alltarnog ], Merthyr Cynog, Brecknock [son of Roger and Jane Price, who moved to Penbryn-glas, Llandyfaelog, Brecknock, c. 1838 ]; he was a member at Bethania, Merthyr Cynog. He studied at Western College, Plymouth, and was appointed by the L.M.S. in 1858 for the Makololo mission in Africa. Fever and war delayed the expedition, taking from him his wife and child. Falling back on Kuruman, his second attempt failed. Later he was transferred to the east coast, attacking the Tanganyika area from Zanzibar; he established a mission there. In 1883-4 he visited North Bechuanaland and Matabeleland, and on 28 July 1884 was appointed [ principal of] the Moffat Institution at Kuruman, where he died on 21 January 1900. In 1896 he completed a translation of the Old Testament.
Author
- Reverend Dr Evan Lewis Evans, (1898 - 1978)
- G. Penar Griffith, Cenhadon Cymreig
- E. Lewis Evans, Cymru a'r Gymdeithas Genhadol, sef hanes ei Chychwyn (1945)
Sources
Published date: 1959
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