Jacob J. Erhardt
c. 1823–1901
German missionary and explorer. Trained at the Basle Seminary. Worked at the Mombasa Mission of the Church Missionary Society, 1849–55. Visiting London in 1855, he proposed to the Royal Geographical Society an expedition to explore the interior of Africa in search of the source of the Nile. His proposal was turned down in favour of that of Richard Burton. Posted to India, 1856.
Source
Stock 1899–1916.
Bibliography
Stock, Eugene. 1899–1916. The history of the Church Missionary Society: its environment, its men and its work. 4 vols. London: Church Missionary Society.
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