Author: L. Dober
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Dober, Leonhard, b. March 7, 1706, at Monchsroth, near Dinkelsbühl, Bavaria. 1732 the first missionary among the negro slaves in St. Thomas, W. I. 1747 bishop, d. April 1, 1766, at Herrnhut.
--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)
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