HAY, John. Stuartfield near Aberdeen 23.4.1812 — Madras 28.10.1891. Rev. British (Scottish) Missionary in India. Son of Patrick Hay, educated at Aberdeen University, M.A. 1833. Ordained priest 1839. “In 1839 joined the Madras Mission of the L[ondon] M[issionary] S[ociety], and the staff of the British and Foreign Bible Society about 1883. D.D. of an American University about 1881.” In 1869-72 in the U.K. because of his wife’s illness, then back to India. Fellow of Madras University in 1888-89, then apparently returned to Scotland. Made benefactions to the Indian community of Vizagapatam, where he worked many years (from 1840). Married 1843 Lucy Cecil (d. 1844) and 1851 Harriet Mary Woodman (d. 1903 when 83), children.
Publications: Wrote religious works and articles in missionary periodicals.
– For about 20 years took a leading part in the revision of the Telugu translation of the Bible (rev. N.T. 1856, the whole Bible printed Madras 1881).
Sources: Buckland, Dictionary; stray notes in Internet.
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