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'''Paul Egede''' (Norwegian:''Poul Hansen Egede'') (September 9, 1708 - June 6, 1789) was a Norwegian [[theologian]], [[Lutheran]] [[missionary]] to [[Greenland]] and scholar of the [[Inuit]] language.<ref>''Egede, Poul Hansen, 1708-1789''(The John Carter Brown Library) http://www.brown.edu/Facilities/John_Carter_Brown_Library/ildb/details.php?id=308</ref> |
'''Paul Egede''' (Norwegian:''Poul Hansen Egede'') (September 9, 1708 - June 6, 1789) was a Norwegian [[theologian]], [[Lutheran]] [[missionary]] to [[Greenland]] and scholar of the [[Inuit]] language.<ref>''Egede, Poul Hansen, 1708-1789''(The John Carter Brown Library) http://www.brown.edu/Facilities/John_Carter_Brown_Library/ildb/details.php?id=308</ref> |
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Egede was born in [[Kabelvåg]] is a village in [[Vågan]] municipality on the southern shore of [[Austvågøy]] island, one of the [[Lofoten]] island group in the county of [[Nordland]], northern [[Norway]]. He was the eldest of two sons born to Norwegian missionary [[Hans Egede]] and his wife Grutrud Rasch. In 1721, the Egede family, consisting of his parents and his three siblings, re-located from Norway to [[Greenland]]. His father, Hans Egede was sent by the Danish government to seek the old [[Norsemen|Norse]] colony on Greenland. The last communication with that colony had been over 300 years earlier. No Norse survivors were found. However, he did find the [[Inuit]] and started a mission among them.<ref> ''Hans Egede. Explorer, Colonizer'' (Missionary Gospel Fellowship Association Missions. Greenville, SC) http://www.gfamissions.org/missionary-biographies/egede-hans-1686-1758.html</ref> |
Egede was born in [[Kabelvåg]] is a village in [[Vågan]] municipality on the southern shore of [[Austvågøy]] island, one of the [[Lofoten]] island group in the county of [[Nordland]], northern [[Norway]]. He was the eldest of two sons born to Norwegian missionary [[Hans Egede]] and his wife Grutrud Rasch. In 1721, the Egede family, consisting of his parents and his three siblings, re-located from Norway to [[Greenland]]. His father, Hans Egede was sent by the Danish government to seek the old [[Norsemen|Norse]] colony on Greenland. The last communication with that colony had been over 300 years earlier. No Norse survivors were found. However, he did find the [[Inuit]] and started a mission among them.<ref> ''Hans Egede. Explorer, Colonizer'' (Missionary Gospel Fellowship Association Missions. Greenville, SC) http://www.gfamissions.org/missionary-biographies/egede-hans-1686-1758.html</ref> |
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Paul Egede assisted his father in the [[Greenland]] mission. After 15 years in Greenland, Hans Egede returned to Denmark during 1736, leaving Paul in charge of the mission. Paul Egede's knowledge the Greenland society, culture and language assured the success of the mission. <ref>''Egede, Povel Hansen (1708 - 1789)'' ( The Mineralogical Record. 2009) http://www.minrec.org/libdetail.asp?id=314</ref> |
Paul Egede assisted his father in the [[Greenland]] mission. After 15 years in Greenland, Hans Egede returned to Denmark during 1736, leaving Paul in charge of the mission. Paul Egede remained in Greenland for an additional 6 years as succeeded his father as superintendent of the Greenland mission. Paul Egede's knowledge the Greenland society, culture and language assured the success of the mission. <ref>''Egede, Povel Hansen (1708 - 1789)'' ( The Mineralogical Record. 2009) http://www.minrec.org/libdetail.asp?id=314</ref> |
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In 1742, Paul Egede was appointed Minister of the Lutheran Church of Vartov in Copenhagen. In 1747, Paul Egede became professor of theology in the Greenland Mission Seminary. In 1758 he became [[Provost]] over the Greenland Seminary. In 1779 he earned the additional title and rank of [[Bishop]] of Greenland and in 1785 he was made a fellow of [[Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences and Letters]]. <ref>“The Lutheran Cyclopedia” by Henry Eyster Jacobs, John Augustus William Haas (Published by Scribner, 1899)</ref> |
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Egede also translated the [[New Testament]] portion of [[Holy Bible]] into the language of the [[Inuit]]. He published a Greenland-Danish-Latin dictionary (1750), Greenland grammar (1760) and Greenland catechism (1756). He wrote a number of books relating to the [[Eskimo-Aleut languages]] spoken by the natives of Greenland. In 1789 he published a journal of his life in Greenland. Paul Egede died in [[Copenhagen]] during 1789, a respected expert on Greenland and its people. <ref>''Hans Poulsen Egede''(The Mineralogical Record) http://www.minrec.org/libdetail.asp?id=313</ref> |
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==References== |
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*Ostermann, H. ''Poul og Niels Egede: Continuation af Hans Egedes relationer fra Grønland samt Niels Egede: Beskrivelse over Grønland'' (Copenhagen: 1939) '''Danish''' |
*Ostermann, H. ''Poul og Niels Egede: Continuation af Hans Egedes relationer fra Grønland samt Niels Egede: Beskrivelse over Grønland'' (Copenhagen: 1939) '''Danish''' |
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*[[Fridtjof Nansen|Nansen, Fridtjof]] ''Eskimo Life'' (William Archer, translator. London: Longmans, Green, and Co. 1894) |
*[[Fridtjof Nansen|Nansen, Fridtjof]] ''Eskimo Life'' (William Archer, translator. London: Longmans, Green, and Co. 1894) |
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*Gjerset, Knut ''History of the Norwegian People''(The Macmillan Company. 1915) |
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==External links== |
==External links== |
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*[http://www.1911encyclopedia.org/Hans_Egede 11th Edition of the Encyclopedia Britannica (London: 1911)] |
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*[http://www.swaen.com/antique-map-of.php?id=2548 Map of Greenland by Paul Egede] |
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*[http://runeberg.org/salmonsen/2/6/0795.html Paul Hansen Egede, Missionær i Grønland, Project Runeberg] '''Norwegian''' |
*[http://runeberg.org/salmonsen/2/6/0795.html Paul Hansen Egede, Missionær i Grønland, Project Runeberg] '''Norwegian''' |
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*[http://runeberg.org/salmonsen/2/6/0795.html Paul Hansen, Missionær i Grønland, Project Runeberg]'''Danish''' |
*[http://runeberg.org/salmonsen/2/6/0795.html Paul Hansen, Missionær i Grønland, Project Runeberg]'''Danish''' |
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Paul Egede (Norwegian:Poul Hansen Egede) (September 9, 1708 - June 6, 1789) was a Norwegian theologian, Lutheran missionary to Greenland and scholar of the Inuit language.[1]
Egede was born in Kabelvåg is a village in Vågan municipality on the southern shore of Austvågøy island, one of the Lofoten island group in the county of Nordland, northern Norway. He was the eldest of two sons born to Norwegian missionary Hans Egede and his wife Grutrud Rasch. In 1721, the Egede family, consisting of his parents and his three siblings, re-located from Norway to Greenland. His father, Hans Egede was sent by the Danish government to seek the old Norse colony on Greenland. The last communication with that colony had been over 300 years earlier. No Norse survivors were found. However, he did find the Inuit and started a mission among them.[2]
Paul Egede assisted his father in the Greenland mission. After 15 years in Greenland, Hans Egede returned to Denmark during 1736, leaving Paul in charge of the mission. Paul Egede remained in Greenland for an additional 6 years as succeeded his father as superintendent of the Greenland mission. Paul Egede's knowledge the Greenland society, culture and language assured the success of the mission. [3]
In 1742, Paul Egede was appointed Minister of the Lutheran Church of Vartov in Copenhagen. In 1747, Paul Egede became professor of theology in the Greenland Mission Seminary. In 1758 he became Provost over the Greenland Seminary. In 1779 he earned the additional title and rank of Bishop of Greenland and in 1785 he was made a fellow of Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences and Letters. [4]
Egede also translated the New Testament portion of Holy Bible into the language of the Inuit. He published a Greenland-Danish-Latin dictionary (1750), Greenland grammar (1760) and Greenland catechism (1756). He wrote a number of books relating to the Eskimo-Aleut languages spoken by the natives of Greenland. In 1789 he published a journal of his life in Greenland. Paul Egede died in Copenhagen during 1789, a respected expert on Greenland and its people. [5]
References
- ^ Egede, Poul Hansen, 1708-1789(The John Carter Brown Library) http://www.brown.edu/Facilities/John_Carter_Brown_Library/ildb/details.php?id=308
- ^ Hans Egede. Explorer, Colonizer (Missionary Gospel Fellowship Association Missions. Greenville, SC) http://www.gfamissions.org/missionary-biographies/egede-hans-1686-1758.html
- ^ Egede, Povel Hansen (1708 - 1789) ( The Mineralogical Record. 2009) http://www.minrec.org/libdetail.asp?id=314
- ^ “The Lutheran Cyclopedia” by Henry Eyster Jacobs, John Augustus William Haas (Published by Scribner, 1899)
- ^ Hans Poulsen Egede(The Mineralogical Record) http://www.minrec.org/libdetail.asp?id=313
Additional Sources
- Ostermann, H. Poul og Niels Egede: Continuation af Hans Egedes relationer fra Grønland samt Niels Egede: Beskrivelse over Grønland (Copenhagen: 1939) Danish
- Nansen, Fridtjof Eskimo Life (William Archer, translator. London: Longmans, Green, and Co. 1894)
- Gjerset, Knut History of the Norwegian People(The Macmillan Company. 1915)
External links
- Template:Worldcat id
- 11th Edition of the Encyclopedia Britannica (London: 1911)
- Map of Greenland by Paul Egede
- Paul Hansen Egede, Missionær i Grønland, Project Runeberg Norwegian
- Paul Hansen, Missionær i Grønland, Project RunebergDanish
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