John Philip (missionary), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

John Philip (missionary)

British missionary

Date of Birth: 14-Apr-1775

Place of Birth: Kirkcaldy, Scotland, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 27-Aug-1851

Profession: theologian

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Dr John Philip (14 April 1775 – 27 August 1851), was a missionary in South Africa.
Philip was born at Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland to a local schoolmaster.
After starting as an apprentice to a linen draper in Leven, and working as a clerk in Dundee, he entered the Wesleyan theological college at Hoxton, and in 1804 was appointed minister of the first Scottish Congregational chapel in Aberdeen.
On 24 September 1809 he married Jane Ross, the daughter of a prosperous Aberdeen engineer; they had seven children.
His daughter, Elizabeth (Eliza), married John Fairbairn, the renowned educator, politician and financier, on 24 May 1831.

James Thomson (1788–1850)
Alternative names	James Thompson
Description	engraver and illustrator
Date of birth/death	1788	1850
Authority control	: Q6144220 VIAF: 122066067 ISNI: 0000 0001 1702 2255 ULAN: 500027006 LCCN: nr2001048489 Oxford Dict.: 27308 WorldCat