93,820 profiles ranked live

Charles Freer Andrews

✓ Source-basedstable

Christian missionary in India, close friend of Mahatma Gandhi

PoliticiansLived 1871 to 1940 · aged 69
Compare
Fame49.4
Momentum2.2
Languages14
In century#39,262

Charles Freer Andrews was an Anglican priest and Christian missionary, educator and social reformer, and an activist for Indian independence. He became a close friend of Rabindranath Tagore and Mahatma Gandhi and identified with the Indian liberation struggle.

Photos 2

Politicians born in the 1870s 6

About this person

Charles Freer Andrews was an Anglican priest and Christian missionary, educator and social reformer, and an activist for Indian independence. He became a close friend of Rabindranath Tagore and Mahatma Gandhi and identified with the Indian liberation struggle. He was instrumental in persuading Gandhi to return to India from South Africa, where Gandhi had been a leading light in the campaign for Indian civil rights.

Category
Politicians
Type
Politician
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1871 to 1940 · aged 69
Written about in
14 languages

Fame.am measures public visibility signals. It does not measure human value, talent, morality, or credibility.