death_date death_place birth_place field signature birth_date image article_title education name
21 december 1905 lovedale , south africa edinburgh , scotland medicine , education , theology james stewart of lovedale signature.jpg 14 february 1831 jamesstewart.jpg james stewart -lrb- missionary and physician -rrb-
 royal gaslow high school , perth academy , university of james stewart
james stewart -lrb- missionary and physician -rrb-

james stewart -lrb- 14 february 1831 -- 21 december 1905 -rrb- was a principal , physician , and a missionary , both a medical and religious one .
he was born in edinburgh , scotland on february 14 , 1831 .
at the age of 15 he decided that he wanted to be a missionary .
he became a missionary in february 1865 for the free church presbytery of glasgow .
he was a theological student who also had medical training .
stewart was described by some as `` more as a friend than as a doctor '' towards his patients .
he was also described as `` the foremost champion of all that made for the spiritual and temporal advancement of the native races of south africa '' james stewart focused primarily on south africa , specifically the zambezi region .
many people view him as a pioneer in medical missions for his founding of the hospital in lovedale , starting a medical school , and developing the founding scheme of the `` south african native college '' , now the university of fort hare .
