LASERON, Nathan Edward (originally Nathan Ferdinand Laseron). Königsberg 15.8.1815 — Ootacamund 5.12.1868. Rev. German Missionary in Kerala. From East Prussia, born in a Jewish family, son of Wulf Saul L. (1784–1829) and Henrietta Simeon (d. 1829). Moved to Edinburgh. Connected with Church of Scotland he worked in Cochin preaching to local Jews in 1844-55. Ordained priest 1847. Married 1842 Eliza Kerr Sommerville (1826–1851), four daughters and two sons.
Publications: A Dictionary of the Malayalim and English and the English and Malayalim Languages.242+10 p. Cottayam 1856.
Sources: Stray notes in Internet; A. Bernstein, Some Jewish Witnesses for Christ. L. 1909, 327 in www.gutenberg.org/files/37734/37734-h/37734-h.htm; ancestry.com.
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