James Herbert Lorrain [SEP] date of birth
James Herbert Lorrain
James Herbert Lorrain, or Pu Buanga, (6 February 1870 – 1 July 1944) was a Scottish Baptist missionary in northeast India, including Mizoram, Assam, and Arunachal Pradesh. He and Frederick William Savidge reduced the Lushai language (a Colonial British name, present Mizo language) to writing—devised an alphabet using Roman lettering and phonetic form of spelling based on Hunterian system translation; compiled grammar and dictionaries for missionary activities and clerical administration.
He and F.W. Savidge were credited to the establishment of
on 11 January to commemorate the arrival of F.W. Savidge and James Herbert Lorrain in 1894. On closer scrutiniy of Williams activities during his visit, the date of his arrival, 15 March, is adopted as the true "Missionary Day" by Mizoram Presbyterian Church in its 89th General Assembly in 2012.
Biography.
- Synod Executive Committee (2013). "Rev. William Williams (Mizorama Chanchin |ha thlentu hmasa ber)". Mizoram Presbyterian Kohhran, Mizoram Presbyterian Church Synod, pages 17
- Banrilang Ryngnga (1994