Aaron Adolph Saphir was a Hungarian Jew who converted to Christianity and became a Jewish Presbyterian missionary.
10 Facts About Adolph Saphir
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Adolph Saphir was born in eastern Budapest on 26 September 1831, the son of Israel Saphir, a Jewish merchant and brother of the poet, Moritz Gottlieb Saphir.
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Adolph Saphir attended a Gymnasium in Berlin from 1844 to 1848 much improving his English.
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Adolph Saphir took his theology course at New College, Edinburgh.
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In 1854, Adolph Saphir was appointed a missionary to the Jews.
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Adolph Saphir worked briefly in Hamburg before moving to England where he became a minister of the Presbyterian Church of England, and served at Laygate Church in South Shields, at St Mark's in Greenwich, and at Trinity Church South Street, Notting Hill.
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Adolph Saphir resigned from Belgrave Church on 227th May 1888.
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Adolph Saphir received an honorary Doctor of Divinity from the University of Glasgow in 1878.
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Dr Adolph Saphir died of angina pectoris on 3 April 1891, just three days after the death of his wife on 31 March.
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Adolph Saphir's siblings were involved in the Hebrew Christian movement and missionary activities: Philipp, whose letters and diaries Adolph edited, ran a mission school in Budapest; Johanna taught at the school and later married Charles Andrew Schonberger, co-founder of the Hebrew Christian Testimony to Israel; and Maria Dorothea married the noted Hebrew Christian preacher Carl Schwartz.