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September, 1820. It was this Joseph Taylor who was father of J. V. S. Taylor. Rev. J. V. S. Taylor was married twice, to Eliza Mary Pritchard (1847) and Georgina Brodie (1859): both his wives were Scottish. A son, Dr Lechmere Taylor, became Director of the Edinburgh Medical Missionary Society.
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Presbyterian Church Rev. Robert Jeffrey - 1890 "One of these was detained in Madras, and the other, John Taylor, MD, having been so discouraged by the state of things with which he came into contact, entered the Government service, and died at
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Decentering translation studies: India and beyond Judy
Wakabayashi, Rita Kothari - 2009 p219 "The first Gujarati translation was undertaken by the Serampore Mission Press in 1820. Then in 1861 Rev. J. V. S. Taylor translated the Bible into
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Christian contribution to Indian languages and literatures CÅŦ InĖēnĖēÄci, Va JayatÄvanĖē - 1994 The most famous grammar written by a missionary was JVS Taylor's (1820-1881) Gujarati
Bhashanu Vyakaran
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352:(1857) by E. Lucky. These all works presented grammar of Gujarati language in English. They were meant for foreigners to study local language for administration and missionary work.
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Gujarat- Robin H. S. Boyd - 1981 "In 1804 two missionaries, W.C. Loveless and Dr. John Taylor, were actually appointed to open up work in Surat,"
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