Samuel Audley Rhea
Samuel Audley Rhea was an American missionary and painter. He is known because of his missionary trips to the Middle East and his book, paintings, letters and journals.
Life
He was born on January 23, 1827, in Blountville, Tennessee. Later in 1847, he graduated from the University of East Tennessee. In 1850, he graduated Union Theological Seminary in New York. He was ordained as a minister in 1851. Soon after, he was appointed as a missionary to the Middle East. He visited Kurdistan and Persia, where he served for eight years. These years inspired his book The Tennesseean in Persia and Koordistan. Being the scenes and incidents in the life of Samuel Audley Rhea. Later his health deteriorated, and after being advised by his doctor to return to the United States, he went home, recovered, and returned to his mission. He later went to Urmia, where he worked until his death on September 2, 1865.
Legacy
Dwight Whitney Marsh wrote the book The Tennesseean in Persia and Koordistan. Being the scenes and incidents in the life of Samuel Audley Rhea about the time Rhea spent in Kurdistan and Persia.