William Tobias Ringeltaube, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

William Tobias Ringeltaube

British missionary

Date of Birth: 08-Aug-1770

Place of Birth: Brzeg, Opole Voivodeship, Poland

Profession: missionary

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Leo

William Tobias Ringeltaube, or Wilhelm Tobias Ringeltaube (1770- ?) was the first Protestant missionary in the far south of India.
He spent much of his time in Travancore.
He was the first child of Gottlieb Ringeltaube, Vicar of Scheidelwitz (today Szydlowice), near Brzeg, in Silesia.
He was born on 8 August 1770.
The cause and date of his death are uncertain, but it is widely believed that he died of liver failure whilst on a voyage to Africa.
Others believe that he was killed by the natives whilst on a mission to Jakarta (then called Batavia).