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Alexander Hetherwick

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in Aberdeen in 1883. He requested transfer to do missionary work in Africa in 1885 and moved to the mission in Blantyre in what is now known as
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he wrote extensively on local languages and also was a competent map-maker. W. P. Livingstone described him as a "Prince of Missionaries".
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but after graduation (around 1880) decided to train for the ministry, despite having the highest marks in Mathematics
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CBE (1860–1939) was a Scottish minister remembered as a missionary in Africa. Based in
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He was a speaker at the International Mission Conference in London 1888.
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Plaque to Rev Alexander Hetherwick, Kirk of St Nicholas, Aberdeen
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Alexander Hetherwick: Prince of Missionaries, W P Livingstone
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he founded the Church of Central Africa Presbytery in 1924.
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on 12 April 1860. He originally studied Mathematics at
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Dictionary of African Christian Biography: Hetherwick
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Dictionary of African Christian Biography: Hetherwick
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Index

Blantyre, Nyasaland

Savoch
Aberdeenshire
Aberdeen University
Church of Scotland
Kirk of St Nicholas
Malawi
Zomba plateau
John Chilembwe
Robert Laws
Kirk of St Nicholas
Chichewa
Robert Hellier Napier
Nyanja
Lake Shirwa
"The Martyres of Blantyre"
"Dr. Alexander Hetherwick, C.B.E"
Categories
1860 births
1939 deaths
Clergy from Aberdeenshire
Alumni of the University of Aberdeen
Scottish Presbyterian missionaries
Presbyterian missionaries in Malawi

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