Matthew Atmore Sherring (1826–1880), usually cited as M.A. Sherring, was a

Protestant Protestantism is a Christian denomination, branch of Christianity that follows the theological tenets of the Reformation, Protestant Reformation, a movement that began seeking to reform the Catholic Church from within in the 16th century agai ...

missionary A missionary is a member of a Religious denomination, religious group which is sent into an area in order to promote its faith or provide services to people, such as education, literacy, social justice, health care, and economic development.Tho ...

British India The provinces of India, earlier presidencies of British India and still earlier, presidency towns, were the administrative divisions of British governance on the Indian subcontinent. Collectively, they have been called British India. In one ...

who was also an

Indologist Indology, also known as South Asian studies, is the academic study of the history and cultures, languages, and literature of the Indian subcontinent, and as such is a subset of Asian studies. The term ''Indology'' (in German, ''Indologie'') is o ...

and wrote a number of works related to India. He was educated at

Coward College Coward College was a dissenting academy at Byng Place, Torrington Square, London. Intended for the education of future nonconformist ministers of religion, it was in operation from 1833 to 1850. It was the successor to Wymondley College in Little ...

, a

dissenting academy The dissenting academies were schools, colleges and seminaries (often institutions with aspects of all three) run by English Dissenters, that is, those who did not conform to the Church of England. They formed a significant part of England's edu ...

in London that trained people for

nonconformist Nonconformity or nonconformism may refer to: Culture and society * Insubordination, the act of willfully disobeying an order of one's superior *Dissent, a sentiment or philosophy of non-agreement or opposition to a prevailing idea or entity ** ...

ministry. Sherring joined the London Missionary Society and worked in the city of

Varanasi Varanasi (; ; also Banaras or Benares (; ), and Kashi.) is a city on the Ganges river in northern India that has a central place in the traditions of pilgrimage, death, and mourning in the Hindu world. * * * * The city has a syncretic t ...

, about which he wrote a significant book (''The Sacred City of the Hindus: An Account of Benares in Ancient and Modern Times'').

Works

* ''The Indian Church during the Great Rebellion: An Authentic Narrative of the Disasters that Befell It, Its Sufferings, and Faithfulness Unto Death of Many of its European and Native Members '', London: James Nisbet & Co., 1859. * ''Journal of Missionary Tours to Fyzabad in Oude, and Singrowlee in the Mirzapore District, North West Provinces, India, During the Winter of 1861-1862'', Mirzapore (India): Orphan School Press, 1862. * ''Benares and its Antiquities: A Lecture Delivered ... Before the Benares Debating Club on the 25th July, 1863'', Benares aranasi Medical Hall Press, 1863. * ''Description of the Buddhist Ruins at Bakariya Kund, Benares'', Calcutta: Baptist Mission Press, 1865. Joint author: C. Horne. * ''The Sacred City of the Hindus: An Account of Benares in Ancient and Modern Times'', London: Trübner & Co., 1868. With an introduction by Fitzedward Hall. * ''Hindu Tribes and Castes'', Calcutta: Thacker, Spink, & Co., 1872–1881. 3 volumes, as follows: Vol. 1: ''Hindu tribes and castes, as represented in Benares''; Vol. 2: ''Hindu tribes and castes; together with an account of the Mahomedan tribes of the North-West Frontier and of the aboriginal tribes of the Central Provinces''; Vol. 3: ''Hindu tribes and castes; together with three dissertations: on the natural history of Hindu caste; the unity of the Hindu race; and the prospects of Indian caste ; and including a general index of the three volumes.'' * ''Hand-book for Visitors to Benares... With Four Plans of the City and Neighbourhood'', Calcutta: W. Newman & Co., 3, Dalhousie Square, 1875. * ''The Hindoo Pilgrims'', London: Trübner & Co, 1878. * ''The History of Protestant Missions in India: From their Commencement in 1706 to 1881'', London: Religious Tract Society, 1884. "New ed., carefully revised and brought down to date, by the Rev. Edward Storrow. With four maps." * ''The Tribes and Castes of the Madras Presidency: Together with an Account of the Tribes and Castes of Mysore, Niligiri and Travancore ...'', New Delhi: Cosmo Publications, 1975.The tribes and castes of the Madras Presidency : together with an account of the tribes and castes of Mysore, Niligiri and Travancore ... / by M.A. Sherring
nla.gov.au. Retrieved 3 April 2018.

Notes

{{DEFAULTSORT:Sherring, Matthew Atmore 1826 births 1880 deaths English Indologists Anglican missionaries in India English Anglican missionaries