Portrait of John Van Nest Talmage
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Author

John Van Nest Talmage

American missionary (1819–1892)

Born
August 18, 1819, Somerville
Died
August 19, 1892, Bound Brook
Nationality
United States
Occupation
Lexicographer, linguist, missionary and protestant clergyman

Life and work

John Van Nest Talmage (18 August 1819 – 19 August 1892), was a Protestant Christian missionary to Amoy, Fujian, China. He was sent by the Reformed Church in America from 1847 to 1890.

Biography

His younger brother Thomas De Witt Talmage was also a clergyman, and his family, within the Reformed tradition, migrated to North America from the Netherlands. His father's family had emigrated from England, and were the founders of the towns of South Hampton, and East Hampton in New York.

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Collection

Books by John Van Nest Talmage

1 book