Franz Hermann Glandorf was a Jesuit missionary to New Spain.
Glandorf was born in Osnabrück, Germany on October 28, 1689.
[1][2] Upon arriving in Mexico, he spent some time at Mission Nombre de Jesús Carichí, where he learned the Tarahumara language from fellow Jesuit missionary Joseph Neumann.
[1] He was then assigned to Mission Purísima Concepción de Tomochi, where he served as a missionary to the Tarahumara for more than forty years.
[1][3] Glandorf, who was afraid of horses and unable to ride due to a hernia, traveled through New Spain exclusively on foot.