Robert Sparke Hutchings | |
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Born | 11 April 1781[1] Dittisham, Devon, Kingdom of Great Britain |
Died | 20 April 1827 (aged 46) Mount Elvira, Ayer Etam District, Penang Presidency, British India |
Occupation | clergyman, school founder, translator |
Nationality | British |
Spouse | Elvira Phipps |
Children | 8 |
Robert Sparke Hutchings (11 April 1781 – 20 April 1827) was an English clergyman who initiated the founding in 1816 of Penang Free School, one of the oldest English-medium schools in Southeast Asia,[2][a] in Penang in present-day Malaysia. He was also involved with the founding of the Raffles Institution, the oldest school in Singapore, in 1823 and revised the first complete Bible translation in Malay.
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