Robert Moffat (missionary)

Robert Moffat
Missionary to Africa
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Born	21 December 1795 Ormiston, East Lothian, Scotland
Died	9 August 1883 (aged 87) Leigh, Kent, England
Religion	Methodist Episcopal Church
Spouse	Mary Moffat
Occupation	Missionary in Africa, author, teacher
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Robert Moffat (21 December 1795 – 9 August 1883) was a Scottish Congregationalist missionary to Africa from 1817–1870. Moffat began his missionary career in South Africa at the age of twenty-one. He was married to Mary Moffat. Their daughter was Mary Moffat Livingstone and their son-in-law was David Livingstone, who often worked with Moffat and his missionary efforts at various stations in southern Africa While doing missionary work at the mission at Kuruman, Moffat was the first to translate and have the Bible printed into the Sechuana language^[a]. While in Africa, Moffat devoted much of his time preaching the gospel and discussing the Bible, and also taught many of the natives how to read and write. Moffat's missionary career in Africa spanned a total of fifty-four years.
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