Biography

Rufus Anderson (August 18, 1796 - May 23, 1880) was born in North Yarmouth, Maine, U.S. His father was a Congregationalist pastor. He graduated from Bowdoin College in 1818, and from Andover Theological Seminary in 1822, and was ordained as a minister in 1826. He worked at the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions (ABCFM) as an assistant while studying at Andover Theological Seminary. In 1822 he applied to go to India but was asked to remain at headquarters and later appointed assistant secretary. In 1832 he was given total responsibility for overseas work.

Books by Rufus Anderson

Memoir of Catharine Brown. a C
Memoir of Catharine Brown. a Christian Indian of the Cherokee Nation, 2nd Edition
2024
History of the Mission of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions to the Sandwich Islands
History of the Mission of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions to the Sandwich Islands
2023
Memorial Volume of the First Fifty Years of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions
Memorial Volume of the First Fifty Years of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions
2023
History of the Missions of the
History of the Missions of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions to the Oriental
2022
Heathen Nation Evangelized. Hi
Heathen Nation Evangelized. History of the Sandwich Islands Mission
2018
Kapiolani, the Heroine of Hawaii, or a Triumph of Grace at the Sandwich Islands
Kapiolani, the Heroine of Hawaii, or a Triumph of Grace at the Sandwich Islands
2018
History of the Mission to the
History of the Mission to the Hawaiian Islands (1820-1870)
2016
History of the Missions of the
History of the Missions of the American Board of Commissioners
2016
History of the Missions - Volu
History of the Missions - Volume I
2015
History of the Missions - Volu
History of the Missions - Volume II
2015
History of the Missions of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions, to the Oriental Churches Volume 2
History of the Missions of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions, to the Oriental Churches Volume 2
2015
History of the Missions of the
History of the Missions of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions in Indi
2010
To Advance the Gospel, Selecti
To Advance the Gospel, Selections from the Writings of Rufus Anderson
1967
History of the missions of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions in India
History of the missions of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions in India
1874
Sermon XVI
Sermon XVI
1860
Religious discipline of the th
Religious discipline of the thoughts
1843