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Nathan Brown ((アッサム語:নাথান ব্ৰাউন); 22 June 1807 – 1 January 1886) was an American Baptist missionary to India and Japan, Bible translator, and abolitionist. He is noted for his works on Assamese language, grammar and script. In around 1843, based in Sibsagar in Assam, with the help of a local Assamese priest converted to Christianity, Atmaram Sharma, he took a key role in translating and publishing the New Testament as 'Amaar Traankorta Jisu Christor Natun Niyom' () in 1848. In 1854, he published another book titled meaning (roughly) 'Jesus Christ and his Holy Messages' in 1854. He also translated some prayers to Assamese with his other missionary colleagues. His contribution to Assamese language, 'Grammatical Notes of Assamese Language', published by the American Baptist Missionary Press in 1848. In 1846, with colleague Cutter he published 'Arunodoi' , the first Assamese magazine. He also contributed to publishing of works of various contemporary Assamese scholars, to name a few 'Axom Buranji' (History of Assam, ) by Kashinath Phukan in 1844, 'Mathematics' in two parts by Bokul Kayastha in 1845, 'Chutia Buranji' () in 1850 etc. The people of the Indian state of Assam consider him a pioneer in their native language, Assamese and its literature. ==Early life and missions to Burma and Assam== Born in New Ipswich, New Hampshire, he attended Williams College, where he graduated first in his class. He and his wife, whom he married in 1830, went on to serve as missionaries in Burma. Brown's original intention had been to translate the Bible into Burmese, but he soon found himself pulled into a mission along with Oliver Cutter and Miles Bronson in the Indian region of Assam. In 1848, Brown published an Assamese grammar, followed by an Assamese translation of the New Testament in 1850. The language regained recognition in part due to Assamese publications edited by him, and his association with Hemchandra Barua. During British India, it imposed Bengali Language over Assamese as it took over Assam. The period for which Bengali Language was imposed is known as The Dark Age of Assamese Language, i.e., Bengali Language eclipse over Assamese. Nathan Brown was widely regarded as one among the rescuers of Assamese Language from Bengali Language eclipse over Assamese. 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「Nathan Brown (missionary)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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