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John Zachariah Kiernander - Place of Birth, Date of Birth, Age, Wiki, Facts, Net Worth, Birthday, Biography and Family
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About John Zachariah Kiernander
- John Zachariah Kiernander (1711–1799), also known as Johann Zacharias Kiernander, was a Swedish Lutheran missionary in India. He was the first protestant Missionary to establish a base in Bengal.
- He built the Old Mission Church in Calcutta and founded one of the first printing presses in Calcutta.
- In 1781, he accused James Augustus Hicky, the editor and publisher of Hicky's Bengal Gazette of libel.
- He won the trial.
- He is the author of The Trial and Conviction of James Augustus Hicky.
