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Johann Gottlieb Christaller | |
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 Johann Gottlieb Christaller | |
| Born | 19 November 1827 |
| Died | 16 December 1895 (aged 68) |
| Nationality | German |
| Alma mater | Basel Mission Seminary, Basel, Switzerland |
| Occupation(s) | Priest, Philologist |
| Spouses | |
| Children | 10 including Erdmann Gottreich [de], Theodor Benjamin and Hanna |
| Religion | Christianity |
| Church | Basel Evangelical Missionary Society |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 7 November 1852, Basel Minster |
Johann Gottlieb Christaller (19 November 1827 – 16 December 1895)[1] was a German missionary, clergyman, ethnolinguist, translator and philologist who served with the Basel Mission.[2][3][4][5] He was devoted to the study of the Twi language in what was then the Gold Coast, now Ghana. He was instrumental, together with African colleagues, Akan linguists, David Asante, Theophilus Opoku, Jonathan Palmer Bekoe, and Paul Keteku in the translation of the Bible into the Akuapem dialect of Twi.[6][7][8] Christaller was also the first editor of the Christian Messenger, the official news publication of the Basel Mission, serving from 1883 to 1895.[2][3] He is recognised in some circles as the "founder of scientific linguistic research in West Africa".[4][9][8][10]
- ^ "Akan Teleteaching Course - Annex 8: Christaller". Akan.org. Archived from the original on 15 May 2018. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
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:1was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ a b Kwame Bediako (1965). Christianity in Africa: The Renewal of a Non-Western Religion, Chapters 3 and 5.
- ^ Schlatter, Wilhelm (1916). Geschichte der Basler Mission, 1815-1915. Basel.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ Reindorf, Carl Christian (1895). History of the Gold Coast and Asante 2nd edition. Accra.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ Debrunner, H. W. (1967). A History of Christianity in Ghana. Accra.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ a b L. H. Ofosu-Appiah (1997). The Encyclopaedia Africana Dictionary of African Biography (in 20 Volumes). Volume One Ethiopia-Ghana. New York, NY: Reference Publications Inc.
- ^ Danquah, J. B. (1944). The Akan Doctrine of God: A Fragment of Gold Coast Ethics and Religion. p. 185.
- ^ Jungraithmayr, Hermann & Wilhelm J.G. Möhlig (1983). Lexicon der Afrikanistik. berlin: Dietrich Reimer. p. 63. Archived from the original on 15 May 2018. Retrieved 6 April 2018.