Charles Fraser (missionary)
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Charles Fraser was a missionary with the Scottish Missionary Society to "Russian Tatary". He was the first person to attempt translating the Bible
into the Kazakh language
. Matthew was printed in 1818, and the New Testament in 1820 by the Russian Bible Society, in Astrakhan
.
He had no classical education.
He left Scotland for Russian Tatary in the spring of 1803.
Bible
The Bible refers to any one of the collections of the primary religious texts of Judaism and Christianity. There is no common version of the Bible, as the individual books , their contents and their order vary among denominations...
into the Kazakh language
Kazakh language
Kazakh is a Turkic language which belongs to the Kipchak branch of the Turkic languages, closely related to Nogai and Karakalpak....
. Matthew was printed in 1818, and the New Testament in 1820 by the Russian Bible Society, in Astrakhan
Astrakhan
Astrakhan is a major city in southern European Russia and the administrative center of Astrakhan Oblast. The city lies on the left bank of the Volga River, close to where it discharges into the Caspian Sea at an altitude of below the sea level. Population:...
.
He had no classical education.
He left Scotland for Russian Tatary in the spring of 1803.