Marcus Sachs (1812–1869) was a Polish Jew who emigrated to

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and became Professor of Hebrew at the Free Church Divinity Hall in Aberdeen (later known as Christ's College.

Life

He was born the son of an engineer in Inowroclaw in the

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in what is now central

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. He studied at

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. He came to Britain in 1842 and converted to Christianity. He was baptised by Rev John Brown at Broughton Place church soon after arriving. He enrolled to train as a Free Church minister at

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in 1843. He began teaching Hebrew at the Free Church College in Aberdeen in 1846. He was made a Professor in 1855. He lived his final years at Kepplestone Cottage in

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. He died at Polmuir in Aberdeen on 29 September 1869.

Family

In 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

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, and did not have children. She married after he died, Francis Edmond, a Haddington advocate. She also outlived her second husband and died in

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aged 105, leaving a considerable fortune.Gazette Times 15 May 1915

Publications

*''The Prophetic Agency'' (1855) *''The Scattered Nation'' (joint author with Rev

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References

1812 births 1869 deaths Polish emigrants to the United Kingdom Academics of the University of Aberdeen 19th-century Polish Jews {{UK-academic-bio-stub