George Henry Loskiel, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

George Henry Loskiel

Moravian bishop

Date of Birth: 07-Nov-1740

Place of Birth: Courland, Latvia

Date of Death: 23-Feb-1814

Profession: preacher

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio


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About George Henry Loskiel

  • George Henry Loskiel (Latvian: Georgs Heinrihs Loskils; German: Georg Heinrich Loskiel) (7 November 1740 in Rinda, Latvia – 23 February 1814 in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania) was presiding bishop of the northern district of the American province of the Moravian Church (1802–1811).
  • He was an eloquent preacher and a good writer.
  • For the history of Native Americans important is his work Geschichte der Mission der Evanglischen Bruder unter den Indianern in Nordamerika (Leipzig, 1789) translated into English by Christian Ignatius Latrobe (1758–1836) as History of the Moravian Mission among the North American Indians (London, 1794).

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