Nauroji, Dhanjibhai, c 1843-1847
Piece
Identifier: Coll-1073/2/48
Scope and Contents
Portrait of Dhanjhibhai Nauroji. Caption: "Rev. Dhanjabhai Nauroji (Bombay)".
Dates
- Creation: c 1843-1847
Creator
- From the Collection: Hill, David Octavius, 1802-1870 (Painter and Photographer) (Photographer, Person)
- From the Collection: Adamson, Robert, 1821-1848 (Photographer and Engineer) (Photographer, Person)
- From the Collection: Elliot, Andrew, 1830-1922 ("Senior"; bookseller and publisher) (Compiler, Person)
Language of Materials
English
Biographical / Historical
From a typed note pasted on the page: "Nauroji, Dhanjhibhai. Born of Parsee parents in Gujarat, 1822. Studied at the Missionary Institution at Bombay and New College, Edinburgh. The first Parsee convert of the Mission, he was licensed, 1846. Ordained, 1847, as missionary at Bombay. He laboured for a time at Surat, but was chiefly stationed at Bombay, where he engaged mainly in evangelistic work, and gathered a large native congregation."
Full Extent
1 photograph
Physical Location
Volume II, p. 140
General
LUNA Work Record ID: 0011062
Genre / Form
Repository Details
Part of the University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections Repository
Contact:
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Centre for Research Collections
University of Edinburgh Main Library
George Square
Edinburgh EH8 9LJ Scotland
+44(0)131 650 8379
heritagecollections@ed.ac.uk