Marcus Sachs (1812–1869) was a Polish Jew who emigrated to Scotland and became Professor of Hebrew at the Free Church Divinity Hall in Aberdeen (later known as Christ's College).[1]
Life
editHe was born the son of an engineer in Inowroclaw in the Grand Duchy of Posen in what is now central Poland. He studied at Berlin University.[2]
He came to Britain in 1842 and converted to Christianity. He was baptised by Rev John Brown at Broughton Place church soon after arriving.[3] He enrolled to train as a Free Church minister at New College, Edinburgh in 1843. He began teaching Hebrew at the Free Church College in Aberdeen in 1846. He was made a Professor in 1855.[4]
He lived his final years at Kepplestone Cottage in Rubislaw, Aberdeen.[5]
Family
editIn 1850, somewhat late in life, he married Mary Shier (1809-1915) a few years his senior. She was the daughter of David Shier, a surveyor in Aberdeen. They married at Old Machar, and did not have children. She married after he died, Francis Edmond, a Haddington advocate. She also outlived her second husband and died in Cardiff aged 105, leaving a considerable fortune.[7]
Publications
edit- The Prophetic Agency (1855)
- The Scattered Nation (joint author with Rev Adolph Saphir)
References
edit- ^ The Emergence of the Hebrew Christian Movement in 19th Century Britain; Lord Darby
- ^ Free Church Monthly; April 1870
- ^ Free Church Monthly April 1870
- ^ Ewing, William Annals of the Free Church
- ^ Aberdeen Post Office Directory 1868
- ^ Dundee Courier (newspaper) 1 October 1869
- ^ Gazette Times 15 May 1915
