George David Malech was born in the year 1837 Syrian parents, in the village of Supurgan, in the province of Azerbaijan, in northwestern Persia and lived to be seventy-two years of age. He belonged to an excellent family, one of the foremost of his nation, and had the advantages of a good education. He studied theology at the Mission College.at Seeri, Urmia, and graduated in the year 1855.