Dr George Prentice is a Scottish missionary and served as a vicar for the Free Church of Scotland.
13 Facts About George Prentice
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George Prentice was one of the first to conduct missionary activities in southeastern Africa and was known for baptizing Malawi's first president, Hastings Banda when Banda was his student from 1908 to 1914.
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George Prentice's father worked as a farmer and owned 58 acres of land while his mother died in 1876.
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George Prentice spent his childhood living with his five brothers and sisters at Craigen House, Carnwath.
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George Prentice moved to Edinburgh and was a medical student at the University of Edinburgh.
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George Prentice was ordained as a minister in 1894 by the Old Free Church of Scotland and moved to Africa to conduct missionary activities.
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George Prentice worked with Dr Robert Scott, a Scottish when he first settled in Africa.
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Record indicated that George Prentice was in Kasungu in 1897 but had travelled to Bandawe.
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George Prentice opened seven schools in Kasungu after spending time there since 1897.
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George Prentice established the Chilanga missionary station and was appointed head of the mission in October 1900 during his time in Kasungu.
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On 12 February 1924, George Prentice arrived in London from Beira, Mozambique on board the Royal Mail Ship of HMHS Goorkha.
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George Prentice returned to Scotland in 1924 and spent time staying in Kennetpans, Clackmannan until somewhere around 1931.
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George Prentice married Agnes Tudhope Scott on 10 May 1900 at the St Michael and All Angels Cathedral in Blantyre, Nyasaland.