Hans Nicolajsen
Hans Nicolajsen,[1] known as John Nicolayson (Løgumkloster, 1803-Jerusalem, 1856) was a Danish missionary to Palestine for the London Society for Promoting Christianity Among the Jews.[2][3] He was in effect the first representative of the British Christian mission to Jews in Palestine.[4] He was one of those who appealed against the Damascus affair, and was founder of Christ Church, Jerusalem, and Mount Zion Cemetery, Jerusalem as predecessor of Michael Alexander (bishop).
References
- ^ Friis, H C. Hans Nicolajsen. En dansk jødemissionær fra forrige århundrede. Israelsmissionens Bogfond, 1949.
- ^ CMJ bio
- ^ John Nicolayson and the Beginning of the Jerusalem Mission in the 19th Century By Kai Kjær-Hansen
- ^ Yaron Perry British mission to the Jews in nineteenth-century Palestine 2003 p22