Charles Theophilus Hahn

Charles Theophilus Hahn a.k.a. Charles Theophilus Headley (1 March 1870 Wandsworth, Surrey - 16 September 1930 Holborn, London), was an Anglican missionary, botanical illustrator and artist.^[1]

He was the only son of Theophilus Sigmund Hahn and Helen Marfield Hahn (née Walters), and grew up in the village of Headley in Hampshire. He enrolled at Pembroke College, Oxford, acquiring a B.A. in 1892 and an M.A. in 1895. Soon after being awarded the B,A, he embarked on a career in the ministry and registered at the Leeds Clergy School, being ordained a deacon in 1893 and a priest in 1894. He took up several church appointments in England before leaving for South Africa as a missionary.

In South Africa he was appointed curate of Etalaneni in 1908. The following year he became priest-in-charge of Empangeni and Inhlwati (’Nhlwati) in the [[Diocese of Zululand]] remaining there until 1913 when he became Archdeacon of Eshowe and Canon of St Peter's in Vryheid.

References

^ J.P. ROURKE; J.C. MANNING (1992). "The Ven. Charles Theophilus Hahn, a hitherto unknown Edwardian botanical illustrator in Natal, 1908—1916". Bothalia. 22: 145–153. Retrieved 2016-09-17.

[1] J.P. ROURKE; J.C. MANNING (1992). "The Ven. Charles Theophilus Hahn, a hitherto unknown Edwardian botanical illustrator in Natal, 1908—1916". Bothalia. 22: 145–153. Retrieved 2016-09-17.

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