Author: L. Dober
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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