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John Zachariah Kiernander (1711–1799), also known as Johann Zacharias Kiernander, was a Swedish Lutheran missionary in India.
He was the first Protestant Missionary to establish a base in
He was the first Protestant Missionary to establish a base in Bengal
Bengal ( ; bn, বাংলা/বঙ্গ, translit=Bānglā/Bôngô, ) is a geopolitical, cultural and historical region in South Asia, specifically in the eastern part of the Indian subcontinent at the apex of the Bay of Bengal, predom ...
. He built the Old Mission Church in Calcutta
Kolkata (, or , ; also known as Calcutta , List of renamed places in India#West Bengal, the official name until 2001) is the Capital city, capital of the Indian States and union territories of India, state of West Bengal, on the eastern ba ...
and founded one of the first printing presses in Calcutta. In 1781, he accused James Augustus Hicky
James Augustus Hicky was an Irishman who launched the first printed newspaper in India, '' Hicky's Bengal Gazette''.
Early life
Hicky was born in Ireland around the year 1740. While young, he moved to London to apprentice with William Faden, a ...
, the editor and publisher of ''Hicky's Bengal Gazette
''Hicky's Bengal Gazette or the Original Calcutta General Advertiser'' was an English-language weekly newspaper published in Kolkata (then Calcutta), the capital of British India(then Known as the Presidency of Fort William.. It was the first ...
'' of libel. He won the trial. He is the author of The Trial and Conviction of James Augustus Hicky.
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* Swedish Protestant missionaries Protestant missionaries in India Swedish expatriates in India 1710 births 1799 deaths {{Sweden-reli-bio-stub