Dictionary of Indian Biography/Macdonald, Kenneth Somerled, Rev. Dr.

by Charles Edward Buckland

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MACDONALD, KENNETH SOMERLED, REV. DR. (1832–1903)

Born 1832 at Glen Urquhart, Inverness: joined the United Free Church Mission in Calcutta in 1861, and was engaged there in Missionary work for 41 years, a prominent figure in religious and missionary life. While he constantly conducted Evangelical services, he laboured chiefly as an edu-cational Missionary, and was an indefatigable writer, editing Periodicals, Journals, such as the Indian Evangelical Review, publishing studies of the Hindu sacred books, etc. He was a prominent Fellow of the Calcutta University: died July 30, 1903.