1. carey, william celebrated Baptist missionary, born in Northamptonshire; founder of the BaptistMissionary Society, and its first missionary; founded the mission at Serampore and directed its operations, distributing Bibles and tracts by thousands in native languages, as well as preparing grammars and dictionaries; was 29 yearsOrientalprofessor in the College of Fort William. Calcutta (1761-1834).