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Rev. Joseph van Someren Taylor (Bellary, 3 July 1820 – Edinburgh, 2 June 1881), known more commonly as J. V. S. Taylor, was a British missionary in India who translated the Bible into Gujarati language. ==Family== The earlier first London Missionary Society missionary to Gujarat, John Taylor M.D.〔A church history of 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,"〕 had arrived in 1805 but became disheartened by the state of the mission and entered government service.〔The Indian mission of the Irish 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 Shiraz, in Persia, in 1821."〕 Joseph Taylor (d. Bombay, November 1852 or 1859), was missionary in Bellary since 1812, then Belgaum since September, 1820. It was this Joseph Taylor who was father of J. V. S. Taylor.〔Bombay Guardian obituary The Missionary magazine and chronicle, Volumes 24-25 London Missionary Society 1860〕 Joseph van Someren Taylor was born on 3 July in 1820, Bellary, Mysore. He studied at Bishop's College, Calcutta to the age of 15, then he went to England in 1838 for further studies he came into close relationship with the young David Livingstone (the friendship continued until Livingstone's death in Africa in 1873). In 1840 he attended Glasgow University and in 1845 he completed his B.A.. The same year the London Missionary Society accepted him as missionary and sent him to India to be based in Madras. J. V. S. arrived in Baroda, Gujarat, in 1846 and went with William Clarkson to Mahi Kantha. After Clarkson retired in 1854, the mission was transferred to the Irish Presbyterian Missionary Society in 1858.〔Brenton Hamline Badley Indian missionary directory and memorial volume 1881 "The Irish Presbyterian Mission. As has already been seen, the London Missionary Society occupied Surat (Gujerat) in 1815, ... J V Taylor, who arrived in 1846, and who subsequently connected himself with the Irish missionaries. .."〕 He was founder of Church of North India (CNI) churches in Gujarat like Borsad and Shahwadi (Ranipur). He died in 1881. His son, Dr. George Pritchard Taylor remained in India and became first principal of Stevenson Divinity College-Ahmedabad, named after William Fleming Stevenson (1832–1886). G. P. Taylor also revised his father's first complete Gujarati grammar (1867), then publishing his own.〔Christian contribution to Indian languages and literatures Cū In̲n̲āci, Va Jayatēvan̲ - 1994 The most famous grammar written by a missionary was JVS Taylor's (1820-1881) Gujarati Bhashanu Vyakaran〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア(Wikipedia)』 ■ウィキペディアで「J. V. S. Taylor」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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