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John Nevins Andrews

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John Nevins Andrews

Birth
Poland, Androscoggin County, Maine, USA
Death
21 Oct 1883 (aged 54)
Basel, Basel-Stadt, Basel-Stadt, Switzerland
Burial
Basel, Basel-Stadt, Basel-Stadt, Switzerland Add to Map
Plot
50, 105
Memorial ID
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Described by Ellen White as "the ablest man in all our ranks."

First official Seventh-day Adventist missionary.

Died from tuberculosis.
Described by Ellen White as "the ablest man in all our ranks."

First official Seventh-day Adventist missionary.

Died from tuberculosis.

Inscription

JOHN NEVINS ANDREWS
Paris, Maine, USA
July 22, 1829
Basle, Oct 21, 1883
Founder and Editor of
"Les Signes des Temps"

Gravesite Details

Headstone is an obelisk shape, shared with his niece, Edith Andrews.Andrews was first buried at the Kannenfeld-Friedhof in Basel. In 1889, a common tomb in the form of an obelisk was erected. In 1951 placed in a common coffin on the Wolfgottesacker.



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