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About The Book: Recollections of Alexander Duff: And of the Mission College Which He Founded In Calcutta is a memoir highlighting the life and work of Alexander Duff, a pioneering Scottish missionary and educator in India. The book details Duff’s efforts in establishing the General Assembly’s Institution (now Scottish Church College) in Calcutta in 1830, emphasizing his commitment to spreading Western education and Christian values. It reflects on the challenges and successes of the mission college, its impact on Indian society, and Duff’s role in promoting modern education amidst traditional structures. The work offers valuable insights into early missionary education in colonial India. About The Author: The Reverend Lal Behari Dey (Bengali: লাল বিহারী দে - also transliterated as Lal Behari Day) was a Bengali Indian journalist, who converted to Christianity, and became a Christian missionary himself. From 1855 to 1867 Lal Behari was a missionary and minister of the Free Church of Scotland. From 1867 to 1889 he worked as professor of English in Government-administered colleges at Berhampore and Hooghly. After having served in several churches in the prime of his career, he joined the Berhampore Collegiate School as Principal in 1867. Later he became Professor of English and Mental and Moral Philosophy in Hooghly Mohsin College of the University of Calcutta and stayed with it from 1872 to 1888. Being a devout Christian but pro-British Raj, he protested against any discrimination practised by the ruling class against the natives. The Title 'Recollections of Alexander Duff: And of the Mission College Which He Founded In Calcutta written/authored/edited by Lal Behari Day', published in the year 1879. The ISBN 9789371692076 is assigned to the Paperback version of this title. This book has total of pp. 267 (Pages). The publisher of this title is Gyan Publishing House. This Book is in English. The subject of this book is Biography. Size of the book is 13.34 x 21.59 cms.