 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Albert Limerick Long akaberekwa pana December 4, 1832, muWashington, Pennsylvania. Akadzidza paWestern University of Pennsylvania uye paAlleghany College, Meadville, Pennsylvania. Akadzidzawo paConcord Biblical Institute zvino yava University of Boston. Pazera ramakore 24, akapedza kufunda nemibayiro nokuda kwedzidzo yake youfundisi uye akakokwa kuva mufundisi kuChechi yeMethodist Episcopal ndokutamira kuBalkans. Akabvuma, uye musi waJune 27, 1857, akaenda kuUmambo hweOttoman. Munguva yorwendo rwomumvura rwemwedzi mitatu, Long akanyatsodzidza chiBulgarian. Akashandisa bhuku rokutanga rokudzidza rechiBulgaria raishandiswa nevanhu vokune dzimwe nyika rainzi Notes on Bulgarian Grammar, rakanyorwa nomumwe mumishinari ainzi Elias Riggs. Paakasvika ikoko, akagara muShumen, yava kunzi Bulgaria, uye akatanga kudzidza chiGiriki nechiTurkish. Akashamwaridzana kwenguva refu nevakangwara vomunzvimbomo. Makore maviri gare gare akatamira kuTarnovo. Muna 1859 akatanga Chechi yeBulgarian Methodist Episcopal. Muna 1863 akatamira kuConstantinople, guta guru reOttoman, kuti ave mutariri weMission yeMethodist Episcopal Church yenyika dzeBulgaria. Akanga ari mumwe wevatsigiri vakuru pamberi pevakuru veOttoman vaitsigira nyaya yeArmenian panguva yekuurayiwa kwevanhu vechiArmenian 75,000 muna 1896, chikamu chekuurayiwa kweHamidian. Long akashandura pachake zvinyorwa zveArchimandrite Metodi Kusev achitsanangura utsinye hwekudzvinyirirwa kwe1876 April Uprising muBulgaria uye akazvipa kune mutori wenhau weDaily News. Zvakare, akakurudzira US Consul General muIstanbul, Eugene Schuyler, kushanyira guta reBatak uye kuvimbisa kuvimbika kwemashoko pamusoro pekupondwa kweBatak. Zviito zvevarume ava zvakabatsira kuumba casus belli yehondo yeRusso-Turkish ya1877-1878, iyo yakatungamira kurusununguko rweBulgaria. 