Daniel Tyerman (19 November 1773 – 30 July 1828) was an English missionary.

Biography

Tyerman was born on 19 November 1773 at Clack farm, near

Osmotherley, North Yorkshire Osmotherley is a village and civil parish in the Hambleton hills in North Yorkshire, six miles north-east of Northallerton. The village is at the western edge of the North York Moors National Park. Osmotherley is on the route of the 110-mile C ...

, where his parents had resided for some time. In 1790 he obtained employment in London. Coming under strong religious convictions, he entered Hoxton Academy in 1795 to prepare himself for the congregational ministry. In 1798 he became minister at

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, and thence removed to

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. About 1804 he officiated for a short time at

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, and afterwards settled at Newport in the

Isle of Wight The Isle of Wight ( ) is a county in the English Channel, off the coast of Hampshire, from which it is separated by the Solent. It is the largest and second-most populous island of England. Referred to as 'The Island' by residents, the Isle of ...

. There he was one of the first projectors of the town reading-rooms, and filled the office of secretary of the Isle of Wight Bible Society. In 1821 Tyerman and George Bennet of

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were appointed by the

London Missionary Society The London Missionary Society was an interdenominational evangelical missionary society formed in England in 1795 at the instigation of Welsh Congregationalist minister Edward Williams. It was largely Reformed in outlook, with Congregational miss ...

to visit their southern stations. They sailed from London on 2 May in the whaler Tuscan, and, proceeding round

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, visited

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, the

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and Sandwich Islands, and other mission stations in the South Seas. In 1824 they visited

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, and on the way narrowly escaped from

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. From

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, in September 1824, they sailed through the

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, and thence to

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, Canton, and

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. At

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, on 3 May 1826, they met the venerable William Carey, who received them with much kindness. After visiting

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, they sailed to

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, and thence to

Goa Goa () is a state on the southwestern coast of India within the Konkan region, geographically separated from the Deccan highlands by the Western Ghats. It is located between the Indian states of Maharashtra to the north and Karnataka to the ...

. From

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they voyaged in 1827 to

Mauritius Mauritius ( ; french: Maurice, link=no ; mfe, label=Mauritian Creole, Moris ), officially the Republic of Mauritius, is an island nation in the Indian Ocean about off the southeast coast of the African continent, east of Madagascar. It incl ...

and

Madagascar Madagascar (; mg, Madagasikara, ), officially the Republic of Madagascar ( mg, Repoblikan'i Madagasikara, links=no, ; french: République de Madagascar), is an island country in the Indian Ocean, approximately off the coast of East Africa ...

, where the missions were firmly established under King Radama. On 30 July 1828 Tyerman, whose health had given way under the climate of southern India, died at

Antananarivo Antananarivo ( French: ''Tananarive'', ), also known by its colonial shorthand form Tana, is the capital and largest city of Madagascar. The administrative area of the city, known as Antananarivo-Renivohitra ("Antananarivo-Mother Hill" or "An ...

. His journals were published four years after his death.ABE Books, ''Journal of Voyages and Travels by the Rev. Daniel Tyerman and George Bennett, Esq.'' by Daniel Tyerman, George Bennett, London Missionary Society (1832)
/ref> He was twice married: first, in 1798, to Miss Rich, by whom he had a son and daughter; and, secondly, in 1810, to Miss Fletcher of Abingdon, by whom he had two sons and a daughter.

Works

* "''An Essay on Baptism,''" Newport, 1806, 12mo; 2nd edit. London, 1814, 12mo. * "''Evangelical Hope: an Essay,''" London, 1815, 12mo. * "''The Dairyman: the Life of Joseph Wallbridge,''" Newport, 1816, 12mo. * "''Essay on the Wisdom of God,''" London, 1818, 8vo. The journal of his missionary tour was published by James Montgomery, the poet, in 1831, London, 8vo (2nd edit. 1841).Hathi Trust website, ''Voyages and travels round the world by the Rev. Daniel Tyerman and George Bennet, Esq.''
/ref> The first part was written in conjunction with George Bennet, but the latter part was entirely his own. It affords a graphic picture of the state of the London society's missions at the period.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Tyerman, Daniel 1773 births 1828 deaths 18th-century English people 19th-century English people English Protestant missionaries People from Osmotherley, North Yorkshire Protestant missionaries in Madagascar

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