Van Dyck, Cornelius Van Alen, 1818-1895

American physician and missionary in Lebanon

HMML ID
149255108193
PURL
https://w3id.org/haf/person/149255108193
LC name
Van Dyck, Cornelius Van Alen, 1818-1895
HMML name
Van Dyck, Cornelius Van Alen, 1818-1895
HMML native script
فان ديك، كورنيليوس فان ألن
Library of Congress
https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nr90007863
VIAF
https://viaf.org/viaf/26912968

Variants

  • Fandayk, Kurnīliyūs
  • Fandīk, Kurnīliyūs
  • Fān Dayk, Kurnīliyūs
  • ڤان ديك، کرنيليوس ڤان الن

Personal information

Birth date
1818-08-13
Death date
1895-11-13
Centuries
19th century CE
Gender
Males
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Place died
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General notes

Description
born Aug. 13, 1818 at Kinderhook, New York, died Nov. 13, 1895 in Beirut; educated at Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia; sent to Lebanon in 1840 as a medical missionary for the Dutch Reformed Church; stationed at Beirut, Abeih, Sidon, and Mount Tabor; studied Arabic; moved to 'Abeih and organized a secondary school for training evangelical ministers; wrote Arabic textbooks; ordained a minister in 1846; completed a translation of the Bible into Arabic in 1865; taught Hebrew for two years at Union Theological Seminary in New York; returned to Beirut; professor of pathology and internal medicine in the medical school of the Syrian Protestant College, which later became the American University of Beirut
Citations
"Cornelius Van Alen Van Dyck," Wikipedia, accessed July 8, 2021, https://perma.cc/7E8U-39VH.
Citations
USJ 00226, Hill Museum & Manuscript Library, accessed July 8, 2021, https://w3id.org/vhmml/readingRoom/view/504647.

Preferred citation

"Van Dyck, Cornelius Van Alen, 1818-1895." HMML Authority File. Hill Museum & Manuscript Library. Last modified December 12, 2023. https://w3id.org/haf/person/149255108193

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Date added
2021-07-08
Last edited
2023-12-12

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