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Daniel Corrie
1777–1837
An Anglican clergyman who spent much of his working life in India, he became the first Bishop of Madras after years of pastoral and missionary work. His story also connects with the evangelical circle around Henry Martyn and the early growth of the Church in British India.
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About the author
Born on 10 April 1777 at Ardchattan in Argyll, Daniel Corrie was educated at St Catharine's College, Cambridge, and ordained in the Church of England in the early 1800s. In 1806 he went to India as a chaplain in Bengal, beginning a long ministry that would shape the rest of his life.
Over the following decades, Corrie served in several postings in northern India and became known for his serious religious commitment and missionary interest. He later became Archdeacon of Calcutta, and his life is often remembered alongside fellow churchman Henry Martyn, whose friendship and influence formed part of Corrie's spiritual world.
In 1835 he was consecrated as the inaugural Bishop of Madras, a major step in the development of Anglican church leadership in India. He held the post only briefly, dying at Madras on 5 February 1837, but he remains a notable figure in the history of the early nineteenth-century Church in India.