Daniel Tyerman (19 November 1773 – 30 July 1828) was an English missionary.

Biography

Tyerman was born on 19 November 1773 at Clack farm, near

Osmotherley, North Yorkshire Osmotherley is a village and civil parish in the Hambleton Hills in North Yorkshire, six miles north-east of Northallerton. The village is at the western edge of the North York Moors National Park. Osmotherley is on the route of the 110-mile ...

, where his parents had resided for some time. In 1790 he obtained employment in London. Coming under strong religious convictions, he entered Hoxton Academy in 1795 to prepare himself for the congregational ministry. In 1798 he became minister at

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, and thence removed to

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. About 1804 he officiated for a short time at

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, and afterwards settled at Newport in the

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. There he was one of the first projectors of the town reading-rooms, and filled the office of secretary of the Isle of Wight Bible Society. In 1821 Tyerman and George Bennet of

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were appointed by the

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to visit their southern stations. They sailed from London on 2 May in the whaler Tuscan, and, proceeding round

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, visited

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, the

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and Sandwich Islands, and other mission stations in the South Seas. In 1824 they visited

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, and on the way narrowly escaped from

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. From

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, in September 1824, they sailed through the

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, and thence to

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, Canton, and

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. At

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, on 3 May 1826, they met the venerable William Carey, who received them with much kindness. After visiting

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, they sailed to

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, and thence to

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. From

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they voyaged in 1827 to

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and

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, where the missions were firmly established under King Radama. On 30 July 1828 Tyerman, whose health had given way under the climate of southern India, died at

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. His journals were published four years after his death.ABE Books, ''Journal of Voyages and Travels by the Rev. Daniel Tyerman and George Bennett, Esq.'' by Daniel Tyerman, George Bennett, London Missionary Society (1832)
/ref> He was twice married: first, in 1798, to Miss Rich, by whom he had a son and daughter; and, secondly, in 1810, to Miss Fletcher of Abingdon, by whom he had two sons and a daughter.

Works

* "''An Essay on Baptism,''" Newport, 1806, 12mo; 2nd edit. London, 1814, 12mo. * "''Evangelical Hope: an Essay,''" London, 1815, 12mo. * "''The Dairyman: the Life of Joseph Wallbridge,''" Newport, 1816, 12mo. * "''Essay on the Wisdom of God,''" London, 1818, 8vo. The journal of his missionary tour was published by James Montgomery, the poet, in 1831, London, 8vo (2nd edit. 1841).Hathi Trust website, ''Voyages and travels round the world by the Rev. Daniel Tyerman and George Bennet, Esq.''
/ref> The first part was written in conjunction with George Bennet, but the latter part was entirely his own. It affords a graphic picture of the state of the London society's missions at the period.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Tyerman, Daniel 1773 births 1828 deaths 18th-century English people 19th-century English people English Protestant missionaries People from Osmotherley, North Yorkshire Protestant missionaries in Madagascar

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