died on 25 March 1855. Death and legacy Anderson died at Madras in March 1855, after a short illness. He had laboured indefatigably for eighteen years at the work for which he had been set apart; only once during that period revisiting his native land, whither he was accompanied by the Rev. P. Rajahgopál, one of his first converts. His constitution, naturally strong, had become enfeebled by his incessant toils and anxieties in a debilitating climate. His work for India was entirely educational. He established schools in various centres, and greatly helped by his wife, devoted himself to the instruction of native girls of all castes and creeds giving special attention to those of higher caste as being more difficult to draw within Christian influences. Before his death seven hundred Hindu and Mohammedan girls were in attendance at his mission schools. Family He married 29 January 1847, Margaret Locher (died without issue), a Swiss lady from Zurich, appointed in 1845 missionary at Madras of the Ladies' Association of the Church of Scotland. She joined the Free Church in April 1846. References Citations Sources Scottish Presbyterian missionaries 19th-century Ministers of the Free Church of Scotland British people in colonial India 1805 births 1855 deaths Presbyterian missionaries in India