Alexander Hassé

Alexander Cossart Hassé was a British bishop in the Moravian Church. He contributed to the monthly magazine The Fraternal Messenger. He is the author of The United Brethren in England. Hassé was also a botanist.

Life

Hassé was born in Fulneck Moravian Settlement, Leeds, Yorkshire to organist and composer Christian Frederick Hassé and Ann Cossart. His father was an ethnic German from the Moravian community in Old Sarepta, Russian Empire. His paternal great-grandparents were Johann Adolph Hasse and Faustina Bordoni.
Hassé was a deacon of the Moravian Church in 1844 and by 1883 he was Bishop. He was a collector of plant specimens in Silesia.