Short Name: | N. Macnicol |
Full Name: | Macnicol, Nicol, 1870-1952 |
Birth Year: | 1870 |
Death Year: | 1952 |
After a distinguished career in the University of Glasgow and the (then) Free Church of Scotland Theological College, Macnicol was appointed to the Western India mission of the Free Church of Scotland (later United Free) and for five years worked in Bombay, being in charge of the Wilson High School (where he lived in the boys’ hostel) and also doing general evangelistc work. In 1900 he was transferred to Poona, where he entered into a heritage of goodwill among both Christian and non-Christians...
As an evangelistic missionary in Poona, a city famous not only for its orthodox Hinduism but also for producing leaders in so many spheres of religious and social reform, Macnicol was in close touch with the thought and life of Hindu India.
Excerpt from International Review of Mission, Volume 41, Issue 3, pages 353–356, July 1952
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Nicol Macnicol is the author of Hindu Scriptures and Psalms of Maratha Saints: One Hundred and Eight Hymns Translated From the Marathi [1920]
Texts by N. Macnicol (5) | As | Authority Languages | Instances |
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As the lyre to the singer | Nicol Macnicol (Tr. (adapted to music)) | English | 4 |
God of eternity, Lord of the ages | Nicol Macnicol (Translator) | 1 | |
Hast thou ever seen the Lord | Nicol Macnicol (Tr. (adapted to music)) | English | 2 |
My food I'll get in serving Thee | Nicol Macnicol (Translator) | English | 2 |
One who is all unfit to count | Nicol Macnicol, 1870- (Translator) | English | 14 |