James Finn

James Finn

James Finn was a British Consul in the 1850s in Jerusalem in the then Ottoman Empire. His wife was Elizabeth Anne Finn, a writer and philanthropist who helped establish the experimental farm at the village of Artas outside Bethlehem.

Books (partial list)

*James Finn: "Byeways in Palestine," Adamant Media, Boston, 2002 reprint of the London 1868 original. 482pp. ISBN 140219272X

*James Finn: "The Orphan Colony of Jews in China. Containing a letter received from themselves, with the latest information concerning them." London 1872.

*James Finn: "Stirring Times, or, Records from Jerusalem Consular Chronicles of 1853 to 1856. Edited and Compiled by His Widow E. A. Finn. With a Preface by the Viscountess Strangford. Volume 1", Adamant Media, Boston, 2002 reprint of the London 1878 original.530 pages. ISBN 9781402134340

*James Finn: "Stirring Times, or, Records from Jerusalem Consular Chronicles of 1853 to 1856. Edited and Compiled by His Widow E. A. Finn. With a Preface by the Viscountess Strangford. Volume 2", Adamant Media, Boston, 2002 reprint of the London 1878 original. 506 pages. ISBN 9781402134319

*Finn, James (1843). [http://ebook.lib.hku.hk/CTWE/B36599360/ The Jews in China] London: Wertheim. -University of Hong Kong Libraries, Digital Initiatives, China Through Western Eyes

*Finn, James (1872). [http://ebook.lib.hku.hk/CTWE/B36599372/ The orphan colony of Jews in China] London: Nisbet. -University of Hong Kong Libraries, Digital Initiatives, China Through Western Eyes

*Elizabeth Anne McCaul Finn: "A Home in the Holy Land. A tale illustrating customs and incidents in modern Jerusalem." Adamant Media, Boston, 2002 reprint of the London 1866 original. ISBN 9781402117688

*Elizabeth Anne McCaul Finn: "A Third Year in Jerusalem. A tale illustrating customs and incidents of modern Jerusalem; or, a sequel to "Home in the Holy Land". Adamant Media, Boston, 2002 reprint of the London 1869 original. ISBN 9781402110535

ee also

*Saint George Interfaith shrine
*Motza, History
*Kerem Avraham
*Bayt 'Itab

External links

*James Finn: [http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/22097 "Byeways in Palestine,"] at the Project Gutenberg (full text)


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