Dictionary of Indian Biography/Bonarjee, Rev. Shib Chunder

by Charles Edward Buckland

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BONARJEE, REV. SHIB CHUNDER (1830–1897)

A Brahman, of good family: educated at the Duff College, and baptized by the Rev. Dr. Duff in 1847: held various missionary charges: celebrated both for his eloquent preaching and his philanthropy: was the author of a Life of Christ in Bengali, and a large number of tracts: universally regarded as one of the leading ministers of the Bengali Church.