Biographical sketch of the Rev Richard Ridgill by E.R.R

Typescript manuscript recording Ridgill's early life in England and his missionary and ministerial work in South Africa, including in Namaqualand. With brief biographical note on Rev T L Hodgson.


Order number: MMS/Special Series/Notes and Transcripts 2/Box 1219A
Date(s) of creation: Late 20th century
Level: Item
Format: Archive           

Order number: MMS/Special Series/Notes and Transcripts 2/Box 1219A
Summary: Typescript manuscript recording Ridgill's early life in England and his missionary and ministerial work in South Africa, including in Namaqualand. With brief biographical note on Rev T L Hodgson.
Extent: 23 pages
Admin history: Rev Richard Ridgill (1822-1898) served as a Methodist minister in South Africa from 1845 to 1898, principally in the Cape District. Rev Thomas Laidman Hodgson (1787-1850) served the Wesleyan Methodist Missionary Society as a missionary in South Africa from 1821 to 1850.
Access status: Open
Copyright: Copyright held by author
User restrictions: For permission to publish, please contact Archives & Special Collections, SOAS Library in the first instance
Language: English
Scripts: Latin
Format: Archive