Johann Gottfried Wetzstein
Prussian diplomat (1815-1905),
About Johann Gottfried Wetzstein
Lived 1815 – 1905 (aged 89). Johann Gottfried Wetzstein was a diplomat, university teacher, orientalist and consul.
Dr. Johann Gottfried Wetzstein (19 February 1815 – 18 January 1905) was an Orientalist and a Prussian diplomat. He was the Prussian consul in Damascus, Syria, Ottoman Empire, and he was an Orientalist academic. He was consul from 1848 to 1862.
He interceded on behalf of the Syrian Christians in 1860.
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Prussian diplomat (1815-1905),
When was Johann Gottfried Wetzstein born?
Johann Gottfried Wetzstein was born on 19 February 1815 in Oelsnitz.
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Johann Gottfried Wetzstein died on 18 January 1905 in Berlin.
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Johann Gottfried Wetzstein was a diplomat, university teacher, orientalist and consul.
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Johann Gottfried Wetzstein's recorded nationality: Kingdom of Saxony.
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