"Church of Scotland Primary School for Girls, Nagpur." Exterior view of primary school building. Stephen Hislop (1817-1863) was charged with setting up a mission in Nagpur in 1845 which had been endowed by an army officer, Brigadier W. Hill. Based 10 miles from Nagpur at Kamptee, a military cantonment situated on the Kanhan River, he taught at the school. He learnt the Marathi quickly and integrated with local people. He had a keen interest in the sciences. He followed the principles of Alexander Duff and set up a vernacular school (1846) which would eventually become the Hislop College. The first Girls’ School was Established 10 Sept. 1849.
- Collection
- International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.25549/impa-c123-79291
- Date published
- circa 1926/1927
- Dates
- circa 1926/1927
- Pages
- Photographic prints, 14 x 9 cm.
- Place Discussed
- Asia India Maharashtra Nagpur
- Provider
- California Digital Library
- Published in
- India
- Reference
- impa-a-nls-75650430-1.tif
- Rights
- For commercial reproduction please contact the National Library of Scotland by referring to http://www.nls.uk/copyright . For access to the originals please e-mail manuscripts@nls.uk National Library of Scotland National Library of Scotland, George IV Bridge, Edinburgh, EH1 1EW, Scotland, UK The National Library of Scotland license the use of this content under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.5 UK: Scotland License. manuscripts@nls.uk
- Source
- Digital Public Library of America https://dp.la/item/9afcefa20a8cf477aae6236b6e985977
