Moffat, Robert (1795–1883)

Scottish missionary, one of the pioneers of missionary work in Africa. In 1816 he was sent to South Africa by the London Missionary Society and worked with great success in Namaqualand. Subsequently he and his wife spent nearly 50 years working in southern Africa, mainly among the Griqua and Bechuana peoples.

He published Missionary Labours and Scenes in South Africa (1842). He was the father-in-law of the Scottish missionary explorer David Livingstone.