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Beighton
Thomas
1790-1844
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Thomas Beighton was born at Ednaston, Derbyshire, on 25 Dec. 1790. He went with the London Missionary Society as a missionary to Malacca. In 1819 he was stationed at Penang. Besides teaching in schools and holding religious services, he set up a printing-press for works in the Malay language. He died at Penang on 14 April 1844.