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Moffat, Robert 1795-1883
Scottish missionary

Born in Ormiston, East Lothian, he turned from gardening to the mission field in 1815, and began his work in Great Namaqualand in 1818. He finally settled at Kuruman in Bechuanaland (1826-70), which soon became, through his efforts, a centre of Christianity and civilization. He printed both New (1840) and Old (1857) Testaments in Sechwana and published Missionary Labours and Scenes in Southern Africa (1842). David Livingstone married his daughter, Mary.