Egede was born in Kabelvåg, a village in Vågan, Norway, on the southern shore of Austvågøy. He was the older son of the village minister Hans Egede and his wife Gertrud Rask. Hans became dedicated to the cause of restoring contact with and missionizing among the Norsemen of the lost Greenland colony, who were presumed to have remained Catholic following the Reformation. He parlayed support among Norwegian merchants and the Danish Mission College into the establishment of the Bergen Greenland Company, which equipped three ships which left Bergen in 1721. A few months later, the Egede family and about forty other colonists landed on the Island of Hope (modern Kangeq) at the mouth of the fjord which houses today's Nuuk. Scurvy broke out and most returned home as quickly as possible, but the natives proved generally curious and helpful. No Norse survivors were found and Hans's company went bankrupt in 1727, but he and his family learned the local Inuit dialect and began a Christian mission among them.[2]
Paul assisted his father in his work and, when his mother died and Hans returned to bury her in Denmark after a smallpox outbreak, he took over the mission for an additional six years, accepting to forgo his own desire to become a Danish naval officer.[3] He succeeded his father as superintendent of the Greenland mission.[4] The Lutheran mission was not as successful as the Moravian missions in Greenland, but the expansion of colonies and trading outposts under Jacob Severin's company and the General Trade Company was always eventually followed by a chapel or church at the site. Egede was also an accomplished botanist.[3]
In 1742, Egede was appointed Minister of the Vartov Lutheran Church in Copenhagen. In 1747, he became a professor of theology at the Greenland Mission Seminary established in Denmark by his father and then, in 1758, its provost. In 1779, he was elevated to Bishop of Greenland and, in 1785, made a fellow of the Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences and Letters.[5]
Egede and a kalaaleq woman named Arnarsaq translated the New Testament into Kalaallisut, the language of the West Greenland Inuit. He went on to publish a Kalaallisut–Danish–Latin dictionary (1750), a revised Kalaallisut catechism (1756), and a Kalaallisut grammar (1760), as well as a number of other books concerning the language.
Paul Egede died in Copenhagen in 1789, having published in that year his journal of his life in Greenland.[6]
ReferencesEdit
^Egede, Poul Hansen, 1708-1789, John Carter Brown Library.
^"Hans Egede. Explorer, Colonizer 2008-08-20 at the Wayback Machine". Missionary Gospel Fellowship (Greenville, SC). Accessed 20 Jan 2010.
^ abDel, Anden. "Grønland som del af den bibelske fortælling – en 1700-tals studie 2012-07-15 at the Wayback Machine" ["Greenland as Part of the Biblical Narrative – a Study of the 18th-Century"]. (in Danish)
^Jacobs, Henry Eyster & al. The Lutheran Cyclopedia. Scribner, 1899.
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Andersen, Jan: Poul Hansen Egede, en grønlandsforsker i 1700-tallet, Aalborg Universitetsforlag, 2007
Ostermann, H. Poul og Niels Egede (Continuation of 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 (Macmillan, 1915)
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Paul Hansen, Missionær i Grønland, Project Runeberg (in Danish)
August 25, 2023
paul, egede, paul, poul, hansen, egede, september, 1708, june, 1789, dano, norwegian, theologian, missionary, scholar, principally, concerned, with, lutheran, mission, among, kalaallit, people, greenland, that, been, established, father, hans, 1721, paul, hans. Paul or Poul Hansen Egede 9 September 1708 6 June 1789 was a Dano Norwegian theologian missionary and scholar who was principally concerned with the Lutheran mission among the Kalaallit people in Greenland that had been established by his father Hans in 1721 1 Paul Hansen EgedeBiography EditEgede was born in Kabelvag a village in Vagan Norway on the southern shore of Austvagoy He was the older son of the village minister Hans Egede and his wife Gertrud Rask Hans became dedicated to the cause of restoring contact with and missionizing among the Norsemen of the lost Greenland colony who were presumed to have remained Catholic following the Reformation He parlayed support among Norwegian merchants and the Danish Mission College into the establishment of the Bergen Greenland Company which equipped three ships which left Bergen in 1721 A few months later the Egede family and about forty other colonists landed on the Island of Hope modern Kangeq at the mouth of the fjord which houses today s Nuuk Scurvy broke out and most returned home as quickly as possible but the natives proved generally curious and helpful No Norse survivors were found and Hans s company went bankrupt in 1727 but he and his family learned the local Inuit dialect and began a Christian mission among them 2 Paul assisted his father in his work and when his mother died and Hans returned to bury her in Denmark after a smallpox outbreak he took over the mission for an additional six years accepting to forgo his own desire to become a Danish naval officer 3 He succeeded his father as superintendent of the Greenland mission 4 The Lutheran mission was not as successful as the Moravian missions in Greenland but the expansion of colonies and trading outposts under Jacob Severin s company and the General Trade Company was always eventually followed by a chapel or church at the site Egede was also an accomplished botanist 3 In 1742 Egede was appointed Minister of the Vartov Lutheran Church in Copenhagen In 1747 he became a professor of theology at the Greenland Mission Seminary established in Denmark by his father and then in 1758 its provost In 1779 he was elevated to Bishop of Greenland and in 1785 made a fellow of the Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences and Letters 5 Egede and a kalaaleq woman named Arnarsaq translated the New Testament into Kalaallisut the language of the West Greenland Inuit He went on to publish a Kalaallisut Danish Latin dictionary 1750 a revised Kalaallisut catechism 1756 and a Kalaallisut grammar 1760 as well as a number of other books concerning the language Paul Egede died in Copenhagen in 1789 having published in that year his journal of his life in Greenland 6 References Edit Egede Poul Hansen 1708 1789 John Carter Brown Library Hans Egede Explorer Colonizer Archived 2008 08 20 at the Wayback Machine Missionary Gospel Fellowship Greenville SC Accessed 20 Jan 2010 a b Del Anden Gronland som del af den bibelske fortaelling en 1700 tals studie Archived 2012 07 15 at the Wayback Machine Greenland as Part of the Biblical Narrative a Study of the 18th Century in Danish Egede Povel Hansen 1708 1789 Mineralogical Record 2009 Retrieved 2010 01 20 Jacobs Henry Eyster amp al The Lutheran Cyclopedia Scribner 1899 Hans Poulsen Egede Archived 2011 07 20 at the Wayback Machine Mineralogical Record Andersen Jan Poul Hansen Egede en gronlandsforsker i 1700 tallet Aalborg Universitetsforlag 2007 Ostermann H Poul og Niels Egede Continuation of Hans Egedes relationer fra Gronland samt Niels Egede Beskrivelse over Gronland Copenhagen 1939 Danish Nansen Fridtjof Eskimo Life William Archer translator London Longmans Green and Co 1894 Gjerset Knut History of the Norwegian People Macmillan 1915 External links Edit Egede Hans Encyclopaedia Britannica Vol 9 11th ed 1911 p 12 Egede Hans The Nuttall Encyclopaedia 1907 Map of Greenland by Paul Egede Paul Hansen Egede Missionaer i Gronland Project Runeberg in Norwegian Paul Hansen Missionaer i Gronland Project Runeberg in Danish Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Paul Egede amp oldid 1161989027, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
