His return to Europe was occasioned by his wife 's illness .
He was a Moravian Church missionary in the Himalayas serving in that capacity in Ladakh , a major region of Jammu and Kashmir Province from 1896 until 1909 .
missionary 's return to Europe was occasioned by his wife 's illness .
He was a Moravian Church missionary in the Himalayas serving in that capacity in Ladakh , a major region of Jammu and Kashmir Province from 1896 until 1909 .