Joseph Mullens

Joseph Mullens was a British missionary associated with the London Missionary Society. He worked in India, especially in Calcutta, and was active in religious education, publishing, and public discussion about Christianity in South Asia. His name is also linked with the Bengal missionary world of the mid-nineteenth century, and he invited reports that helped draw attention to early zenana work.

He wrote on Indian religions and culture as well as missionary questions, which suggests he was more than a preacher alone: he was also a researcher and commentator trying to explain the world around him to readers back in Britain. His wife, Hana Catherine Mullens, was herself a notable missionary, educator, translator, and writer, and the two were part of the same energetic Protestant network in Calcutta.

Some useful biographical details about Mullens are visible in reliable reference sources, but not all of them were fully accessible here. I have therefore kept this profile to points that could be checked during this search rather than filling gaps with guesswork.