Robert Reid Kalley
physician · missionary · writer
Scottish physician whose Protestant (Calvinist) proselytism in Madeira from 1838 caused unrest and provoked the 1846 riots. He fled the island disguised as a woman, and his activity prompted several pamphlets and official investigations.
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- Historical dates — Protestant propagandist forced out of Madeira amid riots in 1846.
- Cerveira e Sousa (Dom José Xavier de) — Scottish physician who led Protestant proselytism in Madeira during this episcopate and fled the island disguised as a woman.
- Madeiran history — Scottish physician whose Protestant proselytism in Madeira prompted several pamphlets.
- Popular riots — Scottish physician whose Calvinist preaching provoked the 1846 riots.
- Andrade (Dean António Joaquim Gonçalves de) — Protestant propagandist in Madeira opposed by the bishop in the 1840s.
- Santana e Vasconcelos (Manuel de) — Scottish doctor whose Protestant proselytism in Madeira from 1838 was the subject of one of his books.
- Ribeiro (Councillor José Silvestre) — Calvinist proselytiser whose activity caused the unrest that brought Ribeiro to Madeira.
- Santo António da Serra (parish) — Scottish Protestant proselytiser whose preaching caused unrest in the parish in 1844.
- Ávila e Bolama (Duke of) — Protestant proselytiser whose activity in Madeira caused the grave events Ávila was sent to investigate.
- Protestant proselytism — Scottish physician and Protestant missionary whose proselytising in Madeira (1838–1846) ended with his flight after the riots of 9 August 1846.
- The English — British physician who spread Calvinist Protestantism in Madeira.
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2Chronology
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Robert Reid Kalley, later a Protestant missionary in Madeira, was born near Glasgow.
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Robert Reid Kalley completed his medical degree.
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Robert Reid Kalley arrived in Funchal on 2 October 1838, beginning a Protestant proselytising campaign in Madeira that lasted until 1846.
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Public disorder and arrests in Santo António da Serra were linked to Robert Reid Kalley's Protestant preaching.
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Popular riots against Robert Reid Kalley's Protestant propaganda culminated in a crowd sacking his house in Funchal, forcing his hurried flight from Madeira.
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Dr Robert Reid Kalley died in Edinburgh.
3Places mentioned
Abroad