"Hochofen Akpafu. "
Item Details
Title:
"Hochofen Akpafu. "
Alternate title:
"Iron smelting oven in Akpafu."
Description
Names
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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Dates
Date early:
1910
Proper date:
1910
Geography
Location:
[Geography]: Africa {continent}: Ghana {modern state}: Ghana {mission districts}: Anum {mission district}: Akpafu {place}
People:
Subject
Keywords:
furnace, iron
Individuals:
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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Physical
Type:
Still Image
Format:
[Format]: 7.5cm x 9.9cm
[Condition]: bad
[Type of support]: glass
[Process]: b/w negative, gelatin dry plate
Identifier
Reference:
QD-32.008.7018
Citation:
Reference: BMA QD-32.008.7018
Title: "Hochofen Akpafu. "
Creator: Fisch, Rudolf (Mr)
Date: 1910

Fisch, Rudolf (Mr), “Hochofen Akpafu. ,” BMArchives, accessed May 3, 2026, https://www.bmarchives.org/items/show/72320.
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