Rev James William Archbell, Snr. SV/PROG

Arrived in South Africa in 1818

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James ARCHBELL

(1798 - 1866)

Wesleyan missionary, writer and publisher. ARCHBELL produced the first Tswana grammer book in 1826. Because the Dutch Reformed Church disapproved of the 'Great Trek' (the mass movement of Afrikaner families into the interior that began in the mid-1830's), the Voortrekkers chose ARCHBELL as their spritual leader at Thaba Nchu (in the Orange Free State) and in Natal. He later founded the Natal Independant and General Advertiser (1850), and served for five terms as Pietermaritzburg's mayor.

Source: A Concise Dictionary of South African Biography by Peter JOYCE, Francolin Publishers (Pty) Ltd, 1999.

Added by Y. DROST, 6 MAY 2013

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