Henry Martyn was an Englishman from Cornwall, educated at St. John's College, Cambridge, who became a priest and missionary after meeting evangelical leader Charles Simeon. Martyn became a chaplain to the East India Company, traveled to India and threw himself into translating the Scriptures and Prayer Book into Hindi and Persian; he also preached for five years and had learned discussions with Muslim scholars. When he died of the plague in Armenia at 31, the Armenians recognized his greatness and buried him with the honors of a bishop.
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