Alexander Neibaur
Dentist, Deceased Person
1808 – 1883
Who was Alexander Neibaur?
Alexander Neibaur was the first dentist to practice in Utah and first Jewish person to join The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He was educated for the profession at the University of Berlin and was a skilled dentist before the establishment of dental schools in America. He was fluent in 7 languages and as many dialects.
Neibaur was born in 1808 to Nathan and Rebecca Peretz Neibaur in Ehrenbreitstein, Alsace-Lorraine, which was at that time a part of France. Neibaur's father served as a surgeon in the Army of France.
Neibaur was first educated to be a rabbi but concluded to become a surgeon and dentist. He received a degree to that end in 1826, before his 20th birthday. Neibaur converted to Christianity approximately two years later. He moved to Preston, England, in 1830. On 15 September 1834, Neibaur married Ellen Breakel, who was from a Church of England family. In 1837 he was converted to the Mormon faith after reading the Book of Mormon in three days, but was persuaded to delay his baptism until the following spring that he might be more prepared for the ordinance. He was baptized into the LDS Church on 9 April 1838.
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