Samuel Nott
American missionary (1788-1869)
Samuel Nott (11 September 1788 – 1 June 1869) was one of the pioneers of American foreign missions. He was one of the first five foreign missionaries under American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions to India, and established the Bombay Mission station, the first Americans overseas mission station in Bombay, then-headquarters of the Bombay Presidency of the British Raj.
He published several sermons and books, notably Sixteen Years' Preaching and Procedure at Wareham, Slavery and the Remedy, and many more.
Biography
Nott was born on September 11, 1788, in Franklin, Connecticut. His father Samuel Nott Sr. (1754–1852) was the pastor of the Congregational church in Franklin and patriarch of the New England clergy. Nott Jr. was admitted to his father's church in 1805. Under the guidance of his father, his education commenced in his early childhood.
He graduated from Union College in July 1808, and from Andover Theological Seminary in 1808.
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