Aldin Grout (September 2, 1803 - February 12, 1894) was an American

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known for his missionary activities in Zululand. He married Hannah Davis in November 1834 and traveled to the

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of the

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a month later. He built his first mission in Zululand, called

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, in 1836. This station was destroyed in the battle between the Zulus and the Boers, and he built a new station called Inkanyezi in 1841. He was born in

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. He died in Springfield, Massachusetts. The town of

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in South Africa was named after him.

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1803 births 1894 deaths American Protestant missionaries Protestant missionaries in South Africa American missionaries in South Africa People from Pelham, Massachusetts {{US-reli-bio-stub