| 词条 | John Zachariah Kiernander |
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| name = Johann "John" Zachariah Kiernander | office = Society for the Promotion of Christian Knowledge Missionary | term_start = 29 September 1758 | term_end = 1787 | birth_date = {{birth date|df=y|1710|12|1}} | birth_place = Östergötland, Sweden | death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|1799|05|10|1710|12|1}} | death_place = Calcutta, India | spouse = ?, ?, Ann Wolley | children = Robert William Kiernander | alma_mater = Franckesche Stiftungen }}John Zachariah Kiernander (1711–1799), also known as Johann Zacharias Kiernander, was a Swedish Lutheran missionary in India.[1] He was the first protestant Missionary to establish a base in Bengal. He built the Old Mission Church in Calcutta and founded one of the first printing presses in Calcutta. In 1781, he accused James Augustus Hicky, the editor and publisher of Hicky's Bengal Gazette of libel. He won the trial. He is the author of The Trial and Conviction of James Augustus Hicky. Notes1. ^{{cite book|author1=Edward Cave|author2=John Nichols|title=The Gentleman's Magazine, and Historical Chronicle|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6OIIAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA105|year=1824|publisher=Edw. Cave, 1736-[1868]|pages=105–10}} {{Authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Kiernander, John Zachariah}}{{Sweden-reli-bio-stub}} 5 : Swedish Protestant missionaries|Protestant missionaries in India|Swedish expatriates in India|1710 births|1799 deaths |
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