Wolff, Joseph, D.D.

Wolff, Joseph, D.D. (1795–1862), a German Jew who turned Roman Catholic in 1812, but came to England and entered the Anglican Church in 1819, becoming a missionary to the Jews in the East. He made many journeys in Persia, Egypt, India, and Abyssinia; but his most notable and adventurous journey was to Bokhara (1843), to inquire as to the fate of Conolly and Stoddart. He published accounts of his journeys and missionary labours, including the Mission to Bokhara (1845), and his Travels and Adventures (2 vols. 1860), an autobiography. He married a daughter of the Earl of Orford, and died vicar of Isle-Brewers, Somerset.