Julius Friedrich (Frederick) Adolph Sachse (November 22, 1842 — November 15, 1919) was an American scholar of the history of Pennsylvania, particularly of the Ephrata Cloister and sectarian Pennsylvania German groups, as well as of American Freemasonry, and photographer. He was born in Philadelphia and graduated from Muhlenberg College. He was elected to the American Philosophical Society in 1894. He was editor of the American Journal of Photography from 1890 to 1897. Although raised a Lutheran, Sachse's children were baptized in the German Reformed Church, and he attended Episcopal churches in Philadelphia from about 1895 until his death. Sachse was president of the Pennsylvania German Society for 1914 and belonged to a large number of American and European historical and social organizations. He died in Philadelphia and is buried at West Laurel Hill Cemetery in Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania. Source: Wikipedia (en)