Missionary Theodor Meyer in retirement, Germany, 1930

"Bruder Theodor Meyer, früherer Präses von Nyassa i. Ruhestand" ("Brother Theodor Meyer, former head of the synod of Nyasa, in retirement"). Portrait of head, shoulders and body to waist, seen from the front.; Cf. no. 7356b. -- 1 photo included from the box of duplicates. -- Paul Theodor Meyer (1864-1933) was a son of the missionary Philipp Ludwig Heinrich Meyer. Together with Théophile Richard, Georg Martin and Johannes Häfner he started the missionary work of the Herrnhuter Brüdergemeine in what is now Tanzania in 1891. He founded the mission stations Rungwe in 1891, Rutenganio, Utengule and Ipanya between 1894 and 1897. From 1891 to 1916 he was superintendent of Rungwe missionary province. After being interned for three years he returned to Germany in 1919