Henry Van Lennep
Henry John Van Lennep (1815–1889) was a nineteenth century painter,[1] missionary and historian. He was married to Mary E. Van Lennep.[2]
Life
Van Lennep was born into a wealthy family in Smyrna in 1815. He went to the United States to continue his education and attended Amherst College.[1] After that he became an ordained minister in 1839 and decided to become a missionary in the Ottoman Empire. He married three times: first to Emma Luceba Bliss (1839–40), second to Mary E. Van Lennep (1843–44), and third Emily Ann Bird. [3]
Works
In addition to his writings, he has many works of sketching and watercolor painting many of which document the life and traditions of people in the Ottoman Empire such as Turks, Kurds, Albanians and Armenians.[4][5]
Books
- Travels in Little-known Parts of Asia Minor
- Bible lands: their modern customs and manners illustrative of Scripture
External links
Internet Archive: Bible Bible lands: their modern customs and manners illustrative of Scripture
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Adventures with the Henry J. Van Lennep Collection".
- ↑ Hawes, L. F. (1848). Memoir of Mrs. Mary E. Van Lennep: Only Daughter of the Rev. Joel Hawes, DD and Wife of the Rev. Henry J. Van Lennep, Missionary in Turkey. Belknap and Hamersley. Search this book on
- ↑ "Henry J. Van Lennep (AC 1837) Sketches and Papers".
- ↑ Van Leppen, Henry (1875). Bible lands: their modern customs and manners illustrative of Scripture. New York,: Harper & brothers. Search this book on
- ↑ "WORKS BY HENRY J. VAN LENNEP".
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