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*A. H. W. "Heroes of the Mission Field. William Carey." The Primitive Methodist Magazine, for the Year of Our Lord 1885. Vol. VIII. of the New Series. Vol. LXVI. from the Commencement. London: Published by Joseph Toulson, at the Conference Office, Sutton Street, Commercial Road, St. George's-in-the-East, 1885. pp. 97-99.
*Anderson, Christopher. A Discourse Occasioned by the Death of the Rev. William Carey, D.D. of Serampore, Bengal, Delivered in Charlotte Chapel, on the Evening of 30th November 1834. 2nd ed. London: Parbury, Allen and Co., J. Nisbet, 1835 [electronic copy].
Anderson, Maria F. Talks about Dr. William Carey. Philadelphia: American Baptist Society, 1892.
*“Art. II. Memoir of William Carey, D.D. By Eustace Carey.” In The Monthly Review, From May to August Inclusive, 1836. Vol. II. New and Improved Series. London: G. Henderson, 1836. Pp. 457-65 [electronic edition].
*"Article V. Memoir of Carey. [Review of Eustace Carey, Memoir of William Carey, D. D.... Boston: Gould, Kendall, and Lincoln, 1836]." The Christian Review. vol. 1. 1836. 531-552.
*Banks, J. S. Three Indian Heroes: The Missionary, The Statesman, The Soldier. London: Charles H. Kelly, [1870-1879?].
Biographies of William Carey (the missionary), Sir Henry Lawrence (the Statesman), and Sir Henry Havelock (the Soldier). The biography of Carey is based on John Clark Marshman's The Life and Times of Carey, Marshman, and Ward.
--Bennie R. Crockett, Jr.
*"Baptist Mission." [From the London Baptist Magazine, for Sept. Extract of a Letter from Dr. Carey to Dr. Ryland, dated December 30th, 1816; received July 10, 1817.] Boston Recorder 2: 47 (November 18, 1817): 196.
*Bateman, Josiah. The Life of the Right Rev. Daniel Wilson, D.D., Late Lord Bishop of Calcutta and Metropolitan of India. With Extracts from His Journal and Correspondence. Two volumes. Vol. I. London: John Murray, 1860 [electronic edition].
*Belcher, Joseph. George Whitefield: A Biography, with Special Reference to His Labors in America. New York: American Tract Society, 1857.
*Belcher, Joseph. William Carey: A Biography. Philadelphia: American Baptist Publication Society, 1853.
Belcher, who was born in Birmingham, England in 1794, became pastor of a Baptist church in Halifax, Nova Scotia in 1844 and, in 1847, became pastor in Philadelphia at the Mount Tabor Church.
According to Stanley, History of BMS, p. 7, no. 14, this biography (p.19) contains the first mention of Ryland’s alleged statement to Carey in 1785: "Young man, sit down. When God pleases to convert the heathen, He will do it without your aid or mine."
-Myron C. Noonkester
*"Biographical Sketch of The Rev. William Carey, D.D., Late Principal of Serampore College, Bengal." The Congregational Magazine, for the Year 1835. (January 1835):1-10; and (February 1835):73-83 [electronic edition].
*Brightwell, Cecelia Lucy. A Home in the Land of Snows, and Other Sketches of Missionary Life. In Romance of Modern Missions. London: The Religious Tract Society, [1870].
After describing the life of a missionary in the Arctic, Brightwell includes a biography of Mrs. Boardman Judson, Dr. William Carey, and Eustace Carey. Numerous illustrations of mission stations throughout the world abound in the book.
-Bennie R. Crockett, Jr.
*Britten, James, and G. S. Boulger. A Biographical Index of British and Irish Botanists. London: West, Newman & Co., 1893 (electronic edition).
Both Carey and William Roxburgh appear in this compilation as part of the 1825 entries.
-Bennie R. Crockett, Jr.
Carey, Mrs. E. Eustace Carey: A Missionary in India. London, 1857.
Carey, Eustace. Memoir of William Carey, D.D.: Late Missionary to Bengal; Professor of Oriental Languages in the College of Fort William, Calcutta. London: Jackson and Walford, 1836; 2nd ed., 1837.
*Carey, Eustace. Memoir of William Carey, D.D.: Late Missionary to Bengal; Professor of Oriental Languages in the College of Fort William, Calcutta. London: Jackson and Walford, 1836 [electronic edition].
*________________. Another Edition with Brief History of Evangelical Missions: with the Date of Commencement, and Progress and Present State by Andrew M. Smith. Hartford: Robins and Smith, 1844.
________________. Hartford: Henry E. Robinson and Co., 1849.
*"Carey and Marshman." The Christian Index. 7: 16, October 20, 1832. p. 247.
*"Carey, Marshman, and Ward," The Baptist Magazine for 1859. pp. 129-136.
"Carey, Marshman, and Ward." Calcutta Review 32 (June, 1859): 437-469.
*Chatterjee, Sunil Kumar, compiler. Family Letters of Dr. William Carey. Serampore: Carey Library and Research Centre, 2002.
Chown, Joseph Parbery. William Carey: A Lecture. Lectures delivered from November, 1858 to February 1859. London: Young Men's Christian Association, 1859.
Christ, Ad. William Carey und seine Mitarbeiter: die Bahnbrecher der Mission in Englisch-Ostindien / ein Missionsvortrag von Ad. Christ. Basel : Verlag der Missionsbuchhandlung, 1877.
This volume contains a series of biographical lectures read before the Baptist Ministers of Chicago, and was published at the request of the Conference, providing a short, useful introduction to Carey's life as a missionary.
--Bennie R. Crockett, Jr.
*Creegan, C. C. and Josephine A. B. Goodnow. Great Missionaries of the Church. Introduction by Rev. Francis E. Clark. New York: Thomas Y. Crowell & Co., 1895.
This book contains twenty-three short biographies of eminent nineteenth century missionaries. Among others, included are William Carey, James Mills Thoburn, Adoniram Judson, and David Livingston.
--Bennie R. Crockett, Jr.
Croly, Herbert David. Biographical Notice of the Rev. William Carey of Serampore. Newcastle: T. and J. Hodgson, 1843.
Culross, James. William Carey. London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1881.
*Culross, James. William Carey. New York: A. C. Armstrong and Son, 1882 [electronic edition].
*___________. William Carey. Philadelphia: American Baptist Publication Society, n.d..
*"Dr. Carey to Dr. Baldwin, Calcutta, July 23, 1816." American Baptist Magazine and Missionary Intelligencer. New Series. Vol. 1, no. 2. (March, 1817): 64-65.
*"Dr. Carey's Birth-place." The Antiquarian and General Review: Comprising Whatever is Useful and Instructive in Ecclesiastical or Historical Antiquities, Serving as a Book of Useful Reference, on Subjects of Research and Curiosity. Vol. III. Edited by Rev. William Arthur, A. M. Lansingburgh, New York: Printed at the Office of the Lansingburgh Gazette, 1847. 24-26.
Douwer, J. Leven en Werken van Dr. William Carey. Groningen: , 1856.
*Dyer, John. "The Rev. Doctor Carey, Professor of Oriental Languages in the College of Fort William, Calcutta, &c, &c." In The Christian Keepsake, and Missionary Annual. Edited by William Ellis. (London, Paris, and America: Fisher, Son, & Co., 1837). Title Page Page 9 Page 10 Page 11 Page 12 Page 13 Page 14 Page 15 Page 16 Page 17 Page 18 Page 19 Page 20 Page 21 Page 22 Page 23
Succeeding Andrew Fuller, John Dyer was secretary of the Baptist Missionary Society, 1817-1841, and became involved in a conflict with the Serampore missionaries concerning the mission's control, management, and finances.
--Bennie R. Crockett, Jr.
*________. "January 26, 1835, Letter to The Congregational Magazine, for the Year 1835. (February 1835):136 [electronic edition].
In this January 26, 1835, letter, Rev. Dyer sought to correct a historical error regarding Carey's early life. See below on J. W. Morris.
-Bennie R. Crockett, Jr.
*Farwell, Mary E. The Life of William Carey. In Missionary Annals. New York: Fleming H. Revell, Co., 1888.
A standard, short (68 pp.) biography of Carey published for the Women's Presbyterian Board of Missions of the Northeast. Possibly, the book is a summary of George Smith, The Life of William Carey, Shoemaker and Missionary (1887) or John Brown Myers, William Carey: The Shoemaker Who Became "The Father and Founder of Modern Missions" (1887).
--Bennie R. Crockett, Jr.
*Fuller, Andrew Gunton. Andrew Fuller. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1882 [electronic edition].
*Gardner, Rev. James. Ministering Men; Or Heroes of Missionary Enterprise, with an Essay on the Extension of the Missionary Spirit. London: J. Blackwood and Co., [1880s].
*_______________. Memoirs of Christian Missionaries; With an Essay on the Extension of the Missionary Spirit. Fourth Edition. London and Glasgow: Richard Griffin and Company, n. d.
Herbert, William. Biographical Notice of the Rev. William Carey, D. D. of Serampore. Newcastle: T. and J. Hodgson, 1843.
*Higginbotham, J. J. "William Carey; Joshua Marshman; William Ward; Rammohun Roy." Men Whom India Has Known: Biographies of Eminent Indian Characters. 2nd ed. Madras: Higginbotham and Co., 1874 (electronic edition).
*H., W. "Crinum Careyanum: Dr. Carey's Crinum." The Botanical Magazine; or Flower-Garden Displayed. by William Curtis. Volume 1. London: Printed by Stephen Couchman for W. Curtis,
Kingdon, Abraham. William Cary sy ny namany, etc. [William Carey and his Companions. Four Lectures in Malagasy]. Antananarivo: Friends' Foreign Mission Association, [1878].
*Landels, William. "William Carey, The Linguist." In Baptist Worthies: A Series of Sketches of Distinguished Men Who Have Held and Advocated the Principles of The Baptist Denomination. London: Baptist Tract and Book Society, 1883; Pp. 159-196.
*"Letter VIII. Baptist Mission in India- Character of the Hindoos" in Letters on Ecclesiastical History. Written for the American Sunday School Union, and Revised by the Committee of Publication. Volume III. Philadelphia: American Sunday School Union, 1834.
*"Literary Shoemakers." Weekly Aurora. 10: 20. July 5, 1819.
Refers to Carey as an "able and indefatigable translator of the scriptures."
--Myron C. Noonkester
*"William Carey." In Lives of Distinguished Shoemakers. Portland, Maine: Davis & Southworth, 1849. Pp. 77-104 (electronic edition).
*Macaulay, Thomas Babington. Lord Clive: An Essay. New York: Maynard, Merrill, & Co., 1889.
Macintosh, W. William Carey; or, Sanctified Scholarship. London: Book Society,[1870].
Mack, John. The Course of a Good and Great man : A Sermon Preached on Occasion of the Death of the Late Reverend William Carey, D.D. in the Mission Chapel, Serampore, Lord's Day, June 15th, and in Union Chapel, Calcutta, June 22nd, 1834. By John Mack. [Serampore] : Serampore Press, 1834.
*Malcolm, Howard. Travels in South-Eastern Asia, Embracing Hindustan, Malaya, Siam, and China; with Notices of Numerous Missionary Stations, and a Full Account of the Burman Empire; with Dissertations, Tables, etc. in Two Volumes. Third Edition. Boston: Gould, Kendall, and Lincoln. Sold by Booksellers Generally Throughout the United States, 1839.
*Marshman, John Clark. The Life and Times of Carey, Marshman and Ward. 2 vols.; London: Longman, 1859.
*__________________. The Life and Times of Carey, Marshman and Ward. 2 vols.; London: Longman, 1859.
This facsimile copy is a presentation copy by Dr. Lalchungnunga, Principal, Serampore College.
--Bennie R. Crockett, Jr.
*__________________. The Story of the Lives of CAREY MARSHMAN & WARD The Serampore Missionaries: A Popular Edition Complete in One Volume. London: Alexander Strahan & Co., 1864.
*__________________. The Story of CAREY, MARSHMAN & WARD, The Serampore Missionaries. The Bunyan Library: for the Publication and Republication of Standard Works by Eminent Baptist Authors. Vol. XIII. London: J. Heaton & Son, 1864.
*_________________. The Life and Labours of CAREY, MARSHMAN & WARD. Popular Edition. New York: U. D. Ward, 1867.
Marshman, Joshua, ed. Letters from the Rev. Dr. Carey. 3rd ed., London: Parbury, Allen , 1828.
Marshman, Joshua. The Efficiency of Divine Grace : a Funeral Sermon for the Late Rev. William Carey, D.D. Preached at the Danish Church, Serampore, Lord's-Day, June the 15th, 1834. By J. Marshman. [Serampore] : Serampore Press, 1834.
*McKenzie, Fred A. William Carey: The Story of his Life. London: James B. Knapp, n. d.
*"Metropolitan News." Illustrated London News. 39: no. 1104, August 24, 1861. p. 180.
Records that "The Centenary of the birth of Dr. Carey, the founder of the Baptist Missionary Society, was celebrated by a meeting at Mr. Spurgeon's Tabernacle on Monday. Sir Morton Peto presided."
--Myron C. Noonkester
*"Missionary Hero, A" in Record of Christian Work with Daily Scripture Readings. New York and Chicago: Fleming H. Revell Company. 11: 7 (July, 1892): 195-196.
*Mitchell, Sheila. Not Disobedient...: A History of United Baptist Church, Leicester including Harvey Lane 1760-1845, Belvoir Street 1845-1940 and Charles Street 1831-1940. [Leicester]: United Baptist Church. 1984.
*Moister, W(illiam). "Dr. Carey." In Missionary Pioneers: Being Memorial Sketches of Eminent Ministers who Have Led the Way in Different Parts of the Mission Field. London: Hamilton, Adams, and Co., and W. Nichols, 1871. Pp. 542-551 [electronic copy].
*Morris, J. W. "Rev. J. W. Morris on an Incident in the Early History of Dr. Carey, in Reply to the Rev. John Dyer." In The Congregational Magazine, for the Year 1835. (March 1835):161-64 [electronic edition].
*Myers, John Brown. William Carey: The Shoemaker Who Became "The Father and Founder of Modern Missions". London: S.W. Partridge, [1887].
*_______________. Kilmarnock, Scotland: John Ritchie, n.d.
*_______________. [trans. Isabella Mudhenf] William Carey, der Schuhmacher, der "Vater und Begrunder der neueren Heidenmission." Hamburg: J. C. Inden, 1893.
*"Native Schools in India." Weekly Aurora. 10: 36. October 25, 1819.
*Page, Jesse. Henry Martyn, His LIfe adn Labours: Cambridge-India-Persia. Illustrated by H. R. Millar, etc. London: S. W. Partridge & Co., 1890-1899.
Pattison, T. Harwood. The Making of William Carey. Philadelphia: American Baptist Publication Society, 1892.
Rutherford, John. Missionary Pioneers in India. Edinburgh: Eliot, 1896.
Includes biographies of Indian missionaries Ziegenbalg, Schwartz, Henry Martyn, Heber and Carey.
-Myron C. Noonkester
*Schuurman. M. William Carey. De Groote Apostel van Voor-Indie. Leiden: D. Donner, [c.1890].
*Smith, George. The Life of William Carey, D.D., Shoemaker and Missionary. London: John Murray, 1885.
*"Summary of News. Missionary & Religious. Burmah." Christian Mirror. 5: 27. February 16, 1827. p. 3.
This article reports that, on or about July 13, upon the ordination of Mr. Statham to be pastor at Howrah, Rev. Mr. Mack of Serampore addressed the congregation and "the venerable Dr. Carey delivered the charge to the pastor."
--Myron C. Noonkester
*Taylor, Lucy. Stories of Noble Lives: William Carey [,] Captain Hedley Vicars. London: T. Nelson and Sons, 1897.
*The Life of Christian F. Swartz, an Early Missionary. Revised by the Committee of Publication. Philadelphia: American Sunday School Union, 1827.
*The Rev. Dr. William Carey." In The Annual Biography and Obituary; 1836. Vol. XX. London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longman, 1836. Pp. 64-83 (electronic edition).
*Titterington, Sophie Bronson. The Story of a Cobbler. In Tropic Land Series. Philadelphia: American Baptist Publication Society, 1892.
*Tweedie, W. K. Earnest Men: Their Life and Work. London: T. Nelson and Sons, Paternoster Row, 1884.
*Urban, Sylvanus. "Rev. W. Carey, D.D." The Gentleman's Magazine. Vol. III. New Series. January to June 1835. London: William Pickering; John Bowyer Nichols and Son, 1835. Pp. 547-53 (electronic edition).
*"William Carey, D.D. Late Missionary to Bengal, and Professor of Oriental Languages in the College of Fort William." Scottish Congregational Magazine. 3: 1837. pp. 331-337.
This eulogy is a copy of an article in the American Christian Review.
--Myron C. Noonkester
William Carey; or, Sanctified Scholarship. Great Lives and Their Lessons, no. 2. London: W. Macintosh; Book Society, [1870].
William Carey: Translator of the Bible into Sanskrit; the Father and Founder of Modern Missions. 2nd ed., London and Madras: Christian Literature Society for India, 1899.
*Williams, Leighton and Mornay. Serampore
Letters : being
the Unpublished Correspondence of William Carey and others with John Williams, 1800-1816.
With an introduction by Thomas Wright. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1892.
*Winks, William Edward. Lives of Illustrious Shoemakers.
New York: Funk & Wagnalls, Publishers, 10 and 12 Dey Street, [1883].
___________. Another ed. London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington, 1883.
Wright, T. William Carey. London: Pearce, 1896.
*Wright, Thomas. The Town of Cowper or the Literary and Historical Associations of Olney and its Neighbourhood. 2nd ed. London: Sampson Low, Marston and Company Limited, 1893.
*Yonge, C. M. Pioneers and Founders, or Recent Workers in the Mission Field. London: Macmillan & Co., 1874.
Among other biographies of missionaries (i.e., Eliot, Brainerd, Schwartz, Martyn, Judson, Heber, etc.), this volume includes a chapter on "William Carey and Joshua Marshman, the Serampore Missionaries."
--Bennie R. Crockett, Jr.
Created: December 20, 2000 Updated: January 30, 2008
