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{{Infobox person
| name = Lyman Jewett
| birth_date = March 9, 1813
| birth_place = [[Waterford, Maine]], U.S.
| death_date = January 7, 1897 (aged 84)
| death_place = [[Fitchburg, Massachusetts]], U.S.
| education = [[Brown University]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])<br>[[Andover Newton Theological School]] ([[Doctor of Divinity|DD]])
}}

'''Lyman Jewett''' (March 9, 1813 – January 7, 1897)<ref name="BAB" /> was an [[American Baptist Churches USA|American Baptist]] missionary known for translating the Bible into [[Telugu language|Telugu]].<ref name="HCV" /><ref name="GWH" />

== Background ==
Born in [[Waterford, Maine]], Jewett studied at [[Worcester Academy]] and [[Brown University]] before earning his [[Doctor of Divinity]] from the [[Andover Newton Theological School|Newton Theological Institution]]. He sailed with his wife for India in October 1848 and reached [[Nellore]] in April 1849.<ref name="TBE" /> The founder of the Telugu Mission in [[Ongole]] was [[Samuel S. Day]].<ref name="ABF" /><ref name="ERC" /><ref name="GND" /> After Samuel S. Day, Jewett was the central figure of the Mission along with John E. Clough.<ref name="TJH" /> The results of the mission were meagre and the home organisation repeatedly pressed for its closure.<ref name="DDT" /> Jewett and his wife were home, sick, in America in 1862 when one such attempt was made to stop funding for the mission.<ref name="JAM" /> He learned Telugu from a Brahmin convert.<ref name="FJL" />

Jewett died in [[Fitchburg, Massachusetts]].

==See also==
*[[Telugu Christian]]
*[[Bible translations into Telugu]]

==References==
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<ref name="ABF">American Baptist Foreign Mission Society ''Baptist missionary magazine'' 1908 ""It was at this time," says Dr. Downie in his "History of the Telugu Mission," "that Dr. Jewett negotiated for the house and land which..."</ref>
<ref name="BAB">Baptist missionary magazine: American Baptist Foreign Mission Society - 1897 "LYMAN JEWETT, D. D. THIS eminent and dearly beloved servant of God passed away from earth on Thursday, January 7, at the home of his daughter, Mrs. LM Davis of Fitchburg, Mass. For more than a year he has been very feeble"</ref>
<ref name="DDT">David Downie ''The lone star: a history of the Telugu Mission of the American ...'' 1924</ref>
<ref name="ERC">Emma Rauschenbusch-Clough ''While Sewing Sandals: Tales of a Telugu Pariah Tribe'' 2000 p313 "During a period of thirty years the pioneers of the Telugu Mission believed that, " God has a great people among the Telugus," while but few cared for their message. Rev. Lyman Jewett, DD, visited Ongole repeatedly, when the Mission had ..."</ref>
<ref name="FJL">Finette Jewett ''Leaves from the life of Lyman Jewett'' 1898 p70 "Under the guidance of a corpulent old Brahmin, the mysteries of the Telugu language were made plain,.."</ref>
<ref name="GND">Gazetteer of the Nellore District: brought up to 1938 p83 Government Of Madras Staff, Government of Madras - 2004 "The first Telugu convert was baptized in the Penner river on September 27, 1841. The Nellore Baptist Church was organized in October 12, ... but in 1849 Mr. and Mrs. Day accompanied by the Rev. and Mrs. Lyman Jewett returned to Nellore. "</ref>
<ref name="GWH">George Winfred Hervey ''The story of Baptist missions in foreign lands'' 1884 p803</ref>
<ref name="HCV">Henry C. Vedder ''A Short History of the Baptists'' 2009 p176 "the first Telugu version to be generally circulated was that of Lyman Jewett."</ref>
<ref name="JAM">John Allen Moore ''Baptist Mission Portraits'' 1994 p166 "Again in 1862 a majority favored discontinuing the Telegu work, as results were no more encouraging"</ref>
<ref name="TBE">''The Baptist Encyclopedia - Vol. 2'' ed. William Cathcart</ref>
<ref name="TJH">''The medical missionary'' ed. [[John Harvey Kellogg]], International Health and Temperance Association - 1897 "For many years he was the central figure of the Telugu Mission; and if Samuel S. Day is called the founder, and John E. Clough the apostle, Lyman Jewett may be styled the savior of the Telugu Mission, since to his personal courage and "{{Page needed|date=August 2012}}</ref>
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[[Category:Baptist missionaries from the United States]]
[[Category:Baptist missionaries in India]]
[[Category:Translators of the Bible into Telugu]]
[[Category:Christianity in Andhra Pradesh]]
[[Category:19th-century translators]]
[[Category:American expatriates in India]]
[[Category:People from Waterford, Maine]]
[[Category:Brown University alumni]]
[[Category:19th-century Baptists]]
[[Category:Missionary linguists]]

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