Johann Gottfried Wetzstein

Johann Gottfried Wetzstein in 1884

Dr. Johann Gottfried Wetzstein (19 February 1815 – 18 January 1905) was an Orientalist and a Prussian diplomat. He was the Prussian consul in Damascus, Syria, Ottoman Empire, and he was an Orientalist academic. He was consul from 1848 to 1862.[1]

He interceded on behalf of the Syrian Christians in 1860.

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