William Tobias Ringeltaube | |
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| Born | August 8, 1770 |
| Died | After 27 September 1816 (aged 46 or older) |
| Alma mater | Halle University |
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William Tobias Ringeltaube, or Wilhelm Tobias Ringeltaube (1770- ?) was the first Protestant missionary in the far south of India.[1] 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, Prussia. 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[who?] believe that he was killed by the natives whilst on a mission to Jakarta (then called Batavia).
- ^ Kent, Eliza F. (2004). Converting Women: Gender and Protestant Christianity in Colonial South India. Oxford University Press. p. 43. ISBN 9780195165074.