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John Hobart Caunter
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John Hobart Caunter was an English cleric and writer. Serving briefly in India as a cadet, he entered the Church and served as the Incumbent Minister of Portland Chapel in Marylebone, London, for 19 y
John Hobart Caunter's coat of arms, as depicted in Caunter Family History by F. Lyde Caunter
John Hobart Caunter's coat of arms, as depicted in Caunter Family History by F. Lyde Caunter
The start of Caunter's picaresque novel The Fellow Commoner (1836)
The start of Caunter's picaresque novel The Fellow Commoner (1836)
The Romance of History. India (1872 edition, held by the British Library)
The Romance of History. India (1872 edition, held by the British Library)
Eiz-ood-Deen and the Parsee's Daughter. Illustration from The Romance of History. India (1872 edition)
Eiz-ood-Deen and the Parsee's Daughter. Illustration from The Romance of History. India (1872 edition)
Robert Sparke Hutchings
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Robert Sparke Hutchings was an English clergyman who initiated the founding in 1816 of Penang Free School, one of the oldest English-medium schools in Southeast Asia, in Penang in present-day Malaysia
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…of Wales Island – today Penang, Malaysia. His wife soon joined him and died there in childbirth in 1798, while Hobart stayed in England. His uncle Robert Sparke Hutchings, who became deacon at Dittisham in 1803 and rector in 1805, was his guardian; Hobart later described him as having "a heart perfection scarce could…
Dittisham in Devon, with St. George's Church where Robert Sparke Hutchings was rector
Dittisham in Devon, with St. George's Church where Robert Sparke Hutchings was rector
The building that is currently the Penang State Art Gallery in Farquhar Street, George Town, housed Penang Free School in Hutchings' day.
The building that is currently the Penang State Art Gallery in Farquhar Street, George Town, housed Penang Free School in Hutchings' day.
Melchior Leydekker's 1733 translation of the Bible into Malay was revised by Hutchings.
Melchior Leydekker's 1733 translation of the Bible into Malay was revised by Hutchings.
The Raffles Institution, here in a modern building. Hutchings was appointed president of its Malayan College.
The Raffles Institution, here in a modern building. Hutchings was appointed president of its Malayan College.