Oscar Michelsen
Norwegian missionary
About Oscar Michelsen
Lived 1844 – 1936 (aged 91). Oscar Michelsen was a New Zealand.
Johan Oscar Michelsen (4 December 1844 – 12 August 1936 ) was a Norwegian missionary to the New Hebrides (now Vanuatu).
Michelsen emigrated from Norway to New Zealand, where he sold religious literature on the Otago goldfields. He applied to the Synod of Otago and Southland to become a missionary, and was appointed to the island of Tongoa in 1878. He served there until his retirement in 1933. J. Graham Miller calls him "one of the least educated but most gifted, versatile and warm-hearted" of the pioneer missionaries to Vanuatu.
Family Michelson married Miss Langmuir in 1880.
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Who was Oscar Michelsen?
Norwegian missionary
When was Oscar Michelsen born?
Oscar Michelsen was born on 4 December 1844.
When did Oscar Michelsen die?
Oscar Michelsen died on 12 August 1936.
What nationality was Oscar Michelsen?
Oscar Michelsen was New Zealand.
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