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Albert Augustus Isaacs

Illustration — Memory to Albert August Isaacs in Düsseldorf Rev. Albert Augustus Isaacs (24 January 1826 – 15 November 1903) was a British clergyman, historian and anthropologist, specialising in the history of the Jews and Arabs in the Middle East, as well as an amateur photographer who took some of the earliest images of the Holy Land. The book contains an account of his labours and travels in Mesopotamia, Persia, Arabia, Turkey, Abyssinia, and England.

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Albert Augustus Isaacs

To the loved honored memory of Albert August Isaacs M.A. born in Jamaica Jan. 24. 1826 entered into rest Nov. 15. 1903 at Düsseldorf where for 18 months he had ministered as english chaplain at Christ Church. https: jewinthepew.org/2015/01/24/24-january-1826-birth-of-albert-isaacs-first-photographer-of-holy-land/

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Illustration — Memory to Albert August Isaacs in Düsseldorf Rev. Albert Augustus Isaacs (24 January 1826 – 15 November 1903) was a British clergyman, historian and anthropologist, specialising in the history of the Jews and Arabs in the Middle East, as well as an amateur photographer who took some of the earliest images of the Holy Land. The book contains an account of his labours and travels in Mesopotamia, Persia, Arabia, Turkey, Abyssinia, and England.

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