"Missr. Clerk. "
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Title:
"Missr. Clerk. "
Alternate title:
"The missionary Clerk."
Description
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Creator:
Fisch, Rudolf (Mr)Name: Fisch, Rudolf (Mr)
Basel mission membership number: 0985
Date of Birth: 19.11.1856
Date of Death: 02.12.1946
Biography: Fisch went to Ghana as a qualified medical doctor,though not entitled to practice in Switzerland. He was a medical student at the University of Basel from 1880 to 1884. After his return he was a preacher for free church congregations.
Profession: saddler (Sattler)
Geographic references: Mission area: Ghana {mission area}
Relationships: verheiratet mit: Fisch-Schneider, Emma Katharina (Mrs)
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Individuals:
Clerk, Nicholas Timothy (Mr)Name: Clerk, Nicholas Timothy (Mr)
Basel mission membership number: 1183
Date of Birth: 28.10.1862
Date of Death: 16.08.1961
Biography: One of the two Africans to complete the Basel Mission's training as missionary in Basel in the 19th century. Portrait ref. no. QS-30.001.0820 gives as first name "Nikolaus". Clerk stayed with Christaller in Schorndorf in 1884-5.
Profession: student in the preachers' college Akropong and in the Mission College in Basel.
Geographic references: Land of origin: Ghana {country of origin}, Mission area: Ghana {mission area}, Mission area: Togo {mission area}
Relationships: Tochter/Sohn von: Clerk, Alexander Worthy (Mr)
Need more information?, Fisch, Rudolf (Mr)Name: Fisch, Rudolf (Mr)
Basel mission membership number: 0985
Date of Birth: 19.11.1856
Date of Death: 02.12.1946
Biography: Fisch went to Ghana as a qualified medical doctor,though not entitled to practice in Switzerland. He was a medical student at the University of Basel from 1880 to 1884. After his return he was a preacher for free church congregations.
Profession: saddler (Sattler)
Geographic references: Mission area: Ghana {mission area}
Relationships: verheiratet mit: Fisch-Schneider, Emma Katharina (Mrs)
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[Same image]: D-30.11.016
Physical
Type:
Still Image
Format:
[Condition]: medium
[Type of support]: glass
[Process]: b/w negative, gelatin dry plate
Identifier
Reference:
QD-32.008.0003
Citation:
Reference: BMA QD-32.008.0003
Title: "Missr. Clerk. "
Creator: Fisch, Rudolf (Mr)
Date:

Fisch, Rudolf (Mr), “Missr. Clerk. ,” BMArchives, accessed May 2, 2026, https://www.bmarchives.org/items/show/72019.
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