Dr. Johann Gottfried Wetzstein (19 February 1815 – 18 January 1905) was an Orientalist and a

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, and he was an Orientalist academic. He was consul from 1848 to 1862.Encyclopædia Britannica
/ref> He interceded on behalf of the Syrian Christians in 1860.

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* Schwanitz, Wolfgang (Ed.): ''Germany and the Middle East, 1871–1945''. 2002. * Ingeborg Huhn: ''Der Orientalist Johann Gottfried Wetzstein als preußischer Konsul in Damaskus (1849–1861): dargestellt nach seinen hinterlassenen Papieren''.

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Bd. 136. Berlin: Schwarz, 1989. * Ingeborg Huhn: ''Der Nachlass des Orientalisten Johann Gottfried Wetzstein in der Handschriftenabteilung der Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin - Preussischer Kulturbesitz''. Kataloge der Handschriftenabteilung: Reihe 2, Nachlässe Bd. 9. Harrassowitz Verlag, Wiesbaden 2006. * Gerhard Küchler: "Johann Gottfried Wetzstein. Königlich Preußischer Konsul in Damaskus 1848–1862, Orientalist und Freund Alexander von Humboldts." in: ''Jahrbuch für Brandenburgische Landesgeschichte'' 29 (1978), S. 7-24. *Baron, Salo: "The Jews and the Syrian Massacres of 1860", In: Proceedings of the American Academy for Jewish Research, Vol. 4 (1932–1933), pp. 3–31. Prussian diplomats 1815 births 1905 deaths German orientalists 19th-century diplomats German male non-fiction writers Scholars from the Kingdom of Prussia {{Germany-diplomat-stub