CAMPBELL, William. 1799 — 1878. Rev. British Missionary in India. From c. 1823-35 twelve years in India (Bangalore), working for London Missionary Society, then returned to the U.K. In ancestry.co.uk there is one W.C., born in Edinburgh 1799, death unknown, son of the elder William C. and Prudence Mackay, married with Barbara Campbell, two children.
Publications: British India in its Relation to the Decline of Hindooism and the Progress of Christianity; Containing Remarks on the Manners, Customs, and Literature of the People. 12+596 p. L. 1839.
Sources: Scanty stray notes in Internet, although the book is well attested; portrait in https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/william-campbell-17991878-46182.
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