ABSTRACT
Having traced the development of Long’s somewhat unusual and turbulent career in India and his connections with Russia through to his death in 1887, we are now in a better position to reflect on the way in which his work and vision might be related to some of the more general movements of thought and development during the period from 1840 to 1887. One way of doing this is to discuss the changing nature of his work, his aims and views against the background of current debates about missionary attitudes and European views of the Orient. In doing this we will be better placed to see how far Long was a typical representative of his class, how far he differed from his colleagues and how far his views reflected or were different from those of Europeans in general towards India during this period.
