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MARTIN: Mary Agnes Carey is a senior correspondent at Kaiser Health News. That's a nonprofit news service. It's not affiliated with Kaiser Permanente, and she was kind enough to join us here in our Washington, D.C. studios. Mary Agnes, thanks again.
Carey, William - Student Encyclopedia (Ages 11 and up) (1761-1834), pioneer of the modern missionary movement and a distinguished scholar of Indian languages. Born on Aug. 17, 1761, in Northamptonshire, Carey joined the Baptist church in 1783 and served as pastor at Moulton and Leicester.