Name Zephyrin Engelhardt Role Author | Died 1934 | |
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Books The missions and missi, The Franciscans in Arizon, San Juan Capistrano mission, Mission Dolores (San Fran, The Missions and Missi | ||
Zephyrin Engelhardt, O.F.M., (born Charles Anthony Engelhardt; 1851–1934) was a German-born Roman Catholic priest and clerical historian of the Franciscan Order.
Engelhardt, known as the "Father of Mission History," compiled extensive histories of the twenty-one Spanish missions in Alta California as well as other Franciscan settlements in Baja California and Arizona during the first decades of the 20th century. Engelhardt's work is today considered to be the standard authority regarding California mission history.
His many works include:
Engelhardt also worked with the Pomo Native Americans of Northern California and compiled the vocabulary of their language.
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