William Carey's Appointment and Vernacular Publishing
- When
- from 1800
- Where
- Fort William College, Calcutta
William Carey was appointed teacher of Bengali in 1800, serving from 1801 to 1831, and the Serampore Mission printed textbooks for the college.
William Carey established the first Bengali printing press as the Serampore Mission Press in 1800; with his appointment as a teacher of Bengali in Fort William College that year, the Mission joined the college's efforts in printing and publishing suitable textbooks in the vernacular. Carey was with Fort William College from 1801 to 1831. Between 1802 and 1852, books on diverse subjects—including history, legend, and moral tales—as well as a grammar and a dictionary were printed for the college, including his Batris Singhasan (1802), Hitopodesh (1808) and Rajabali (1808).
Sources
- Fort William College Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-21
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