Hans Nicolajsen

Hans Nicolajsen,[1] known as John Nicolayson (1803 in Løgumkloster – 1856 in Jerusalem) was a Danish missionary to Palestine for the London Society for Promoting Christianity Among the Jews.[2][3] He was in effect the first representative of the British Christian mission to Jews in Palestine.[4] He was one of those who appealed against the Damascus affair, and was founder of Christ Church, Jerusalem, and Mount Zion Cemetery, Jerusalem as predecessor of Michael Alexander (bishop).

Tomb stone for Hans Nicolajsen on the Mt. Zion Cemetery in Jerusalem

References
  1. Friis, H C. Hans Nicolajsen. En dansk jødemissionær fra forrige århundrede. Israelsmissionens Bogfond, 1949.
  2. "CMJ bio". Archived from the original on 2011-07-12. Retrieved 2011-07-03.
  3. Kjær-Hansen, Kai. "Issue No. 72 (May. 2003)". www.lcje.net. Retrieved 2019-07-23.
  4. Yaron Perry British mission to the Jews in nineteenth-century Palestine 2003 p22
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