DUFF, ALEXANDER, D.D., LL.D., Who SO thoroughly identified himself with the cause of Indian missions, was b. 25th April, 1806, at a farm near Pitlochry, in Perthshire. He studied at the university of St. Andrews with great success. In 1829, he resolved to out to India as a missionary from the church of Scotland; and in Oct. of that year, having been previously ordained, he set sail from Portsmouth for India. On the passage out, he was wrecked on a barren island to the n. of the cape of Good Hope, and at length reached his destination after a disastrous voyage of eight months. At the dis ruption in 1843, the missionaries in India being obliged to with which party they would connect themselves, D. resolved to cast in his lot with the free church, and for 20 years carried on with great energy the missionary work at Calcutta under the auspices of that body. In the year 1837, he received the degree of D.D., in acknowledg
ment of his distinguished services. D. visited his native land twice after 1829, before. returning altogether in 1863. He was moderator of the general assembly of the free church in 1851 and 1873, and was professor of evangelistic theology in the free church colleges. He took an important part in various philanthropic societies and schemes. Dr. D. was gifted with great fervor and extraordinary fluency as a speaker, and he wrote voluminously. Amongst his writings are, New Era of the English Language and Literature (1837); Missions the Chief End of the Christian Church (1839); India and Indian Missions (1839); The Indian Rebellion, its Causes and Results (1858). The Calcutta Review was mainly established by Dr. Duff. He died 12th Feb., 1878.