Glen, William

Education

D.D. 10.5.1845.

Birth/childhood

Born 30.1.1778 eldest son of William Glen, Lochwinnoch.

Career

Educated at Glasgow University. Also at Secession theological hall 1800-1805.

Licensed by Kilmarnock Secession presbytery.

Secession minister Annan 1807-1817. Thereafter missionary to Russia and Persia [now Iran]. [Minister]

Publications. Translated and published Bible in Persian.

Journal of a tour from Astrachan to Karass... (Edinburgh: Printed for David Brown, 1823)

Death

Died in Persia [now Iran] 12.1.1849 aged 70.

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