William Carey

William Carey was an English Protestant missionary and Baptist minister, known as the "father of modern missions." Carey was one of the founders of the Baptist Missionary Society. As a missionary in the Danish colony, Serampore, India, he translated the Bible into Bengali, Sanskrit, and numerous other languages and dialects. He also has at least four colleges named after him, William Carey International University in Pasadena, California, Carey Theological College, Carey Baptist College, and William Carey University, Hattiesburg, Mississippi.

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