This new historical study of Robert Caldwell’s life and work was commissioned by his missionary society in London, the USPG. Robert caldwell’s "contribution to both Christianity in South India and the cultural awakening of the region is unmatched during the last two hundred years". These are the words of Dr MSS Pandian, Visiting Fellow at the Centre for the Study of developing Societies, Delhi, who has helped edit the book in conjunction with the Revd Dr Daniel O’Connor, a Vice-President of the USPG and a former teacher and chaplain at St Stephen’s College, Delhi.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Y. Vincent Kumaradoss
Dr. Vincent Kumaradoss, the Author (inset), was born at Nagercoil in 1949. He was trained under two legendary historians of India -Dr Irfan Habib at the Aligarh Muslim University (where he received his MA in 1972), and Dr Sarvepalli Gopal at the Nehru Memorial Fund, Teen Murti House in New Delhi. He received his PhD from the university of Madras in 1986. He has published extensively on the history of 19th and 20th century Christianity in South India. He is currently Professor of History at Madras Christian College, Tambaram, Chennai.
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