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John Christian Frederick Heyer
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1793 – 1873
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Who was John Christian Frederick Heyer?
John Christian Frederick Heyer was the first missionary sent abroad by Lutherans in the United States. He founded the Guntur Mission in Andhra Pradesh, India. "Father Heyer" is commemorated as a missionary in the Calendar of Saints of the Lutheran Church on November 7, along with Bartholomaeus Ziegenbalg and Ludwig Ingwer Nommensen.
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- Born
- Jul 10, 1793
- Religion
- Lutheranism
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Education
- Johns Hopkins University
- Died
- Nov 7, 1873
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on July 23, 2013
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