Georg Schmidt

Georg Schmidt (1709–1785), first Protestant missionary in South Africa. Schmidt, an educated butcher, joined the Herrnhut community (Bohemian and Moravian Brethren). While traveling as an itinerant preacher for the community, he was imprisoned in Moravia (1728–1734). In 1736 he was sent to the Cape Colony, where he worked among the Khoekhoe in the Baviaanskloof (after 1806 Genadendal).

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• Meyer, Dietrich. " Lieberkühn, Samuel." Religion Past and Present. Edited by Hans Dieter Betz, Don S. Browning, Bernd Janowski and , Eberhard Jüngel. Brill Online , 2012. Reference. 24 May 2012 <http://referenceworks.brillonline.com/entries/religion-past-and-pre...>