Homepage
Home
Advanced search
Showcase
FAQs
Contact
Record
XCMS - Church Mission Society archive - 1799-2009
G - General Secretary's Department - 1799-1966
A - Administration - 1799-1955
C - Correspondence - 1799-1949
14 - Incoming correspondence from missionary societies in Europe and North America 1820-1866 - 1820-1866
14A - Evangelical Missionary Society, Basel (originally 'German Missionary Society', later 'Basel Mission', now 'mission21') - 1820-1850
Level
Item
Finding Number (Click this to view full catalogue structure)
CMS/G/AC 14A/213A
Title
Letter from Chr. Lewis Korck, Basel
Extent
1 item
Date
1826
Description
Dated 10 August. Sends account of his life for CMS: born in Bremen 20 May 1800; parents died 1816; studied surgery in Bremen for four years; entered Basel Seminary October 1821; wanted to work in Persia where clergy are also physicians and so took a degree in medicine and surgery (for no one is allowed to practice medicine in Russia without a degree).
Access Status
Open
Showcase
Some of our most significant collections
Church Mission Society
Records of Mason Science College
Avon Papers (Anthony Eden)
British Organ Archive
Explore showcase