Hans Egede Saabye: Difference between revisions
LlywelynII (talk | contribs) minor cleanup |
LlywelynII (talk | contribs) No edit summary |
||
| Line 3: | Line 3: | ||
He was born in July 1746 on the island [[Strynø]] in southern Denmark, the son of priest Jørgen Saabye and Petronella Egede. Petronella was one of the daughters of [[Hans Egede]], the apostle of Greenland, whose [[Bergen Company]] had begun the [[Danish colonization of Greenland|Danish settlement there]] in 1721. |
He was born in July 1746 on the island [[Strynø]] in southern Denmark, the son of priest Jørgen Saabye and Petronella Egede. Petronella was one of the daughters of [[Hans Egede]], the apostle of Greenland, whose [[Bergen Company]] had begun the [[Danish colonization of Greenland|Danish settlement there]] in 1721. |
||
He graduated from [[Roskilde]] secondary school in 1764 and got a degree in theology in 1767. He married in April 1770 and in the same year went as a missionary to [[Claushavn]] and [[Christianshåb]] in [[Greenland]]. In 1779, he became a parish priest in Vålse on [[Falster]] in south-eastern [[Denmark]] and in 1811 moved to Udby on [[Funen]], where he died on August 31, 1817. |
He graduated from [[Roskilde]] secondary school in 1764 and got a degree in theology in 1767. He married in April 1770 and in the same year went as a missionary to [[Claushavn]] and [[Christianshåb]] in [[Greenland]]. While there, he became an accomplished botanist.<ref name="BibNar">Del, Anden. "[http://www.ilisimatusarfik.gl/Portals/0/Ekstern/Generelt/Dokumenter/Gr%C3%B8nland%20som%20del%20af%20den%20bibelske%20fort%C3%A6lling%20-%20Ph.d.-afhandling.pdf ''Grønland som del af den bibelske fortælling – en 1700-tals studie'']" ["Greenland as Part of the Biblical Narrative – a Study of the 18th-Century"]. {{da-icon}}</ref> In 1779, he became a parish priest in Vålse on [[Falster]] in south-eastern [[Denmark]] and in 1811 moved to Udby on [[Funen]], where he died on August 31, 1817. |
||
The diary from his stay in Greenland was published in 1816 and received much attention among ethnographers as well as friends of the mission. It was translated to Swedish, German, Dutch, and English. |
The diary from his stay in Greenland was published in 1816 and received much attention among ethnographers as well as friends of the mission. It was translated to Swedish, German, Dutch, and English. |
||
Revision as of 21:38, 7 May 2012
Hans Egede Saabye (1746–1817) was a Danish priest and a missionary to Greenland.
He was born in July 1746 on the island Strynø in southern Denmark, the son of priest Jørgen Saabye and Petronella Egede. Petronella was one of the daughters of Hans Egede, the apostle of Greenland, whose Bergen Company had begun the Danish settlement there in 1721.
He graduated from Roskilde secondary school in 1764 and got a degree in theology in 1767. He married in April 1770 and in the same year went as a missionary to Claushavn and Christianshåb in Greenland. While there, he became an accomplished botanist.[1] In 1779, he became a parish priest in Vålse on Falster in south-eastern Denmark and in 1811 moved to Udby on Funen, where he died on August 31, 1817.
The diary from his stay in Greenland was published in 1816 and received much attention among ethnographers as well as friends of the mission. It was translated to Swedish, German, Dutch, and English.
Bibliography
- Brudstykker af en Dagbog holden i Grønland i Aarene 1770-1778 (1816)
- Fragmenter af en dagbok, hållen i Grönland (1817)
- Bruchstükke eines Tagebuches gehalten in Grönland in den Jahren 1770 bis 1778 (1817)
- Fragmenten mit een dagboek, gehouden i Groenland in de jaren 1770-78 (1818)
- Greenland: being extracts from a journal kept in that country in the years 1770 to 1778 (1818)
References
- Saabye, Hans Egede, in Dansk biografisk Lexikon (1st ed. 1900)
- ^ Del, Anden. "Grønland som del af den bibelske fortælling – en 1700-tals studie" ["Greenland as Part of the Biblical Narrative – a Study of the 18th-Century"]. Template:Da-icon