John Christian Frederick Heyer (July 10, 1793 - November 7, 1873) was the first missionary sent abroad by Lutherans in the United States. He founded the Guntur Mission in Andhra Pradesh, India. "Father Heyer" is commemorated as a missionary in the Calendar of Saints of the Lutheran Church on November 7, along with Bartholomaeus Ziegenbalg and Ludwig Ingwer Nommensen.
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10 July 1793 Helmstedt, Germany
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7 November 1873 (aged 80) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
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Zodiac | Cancer |
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