Johannes Zimmermann | |
|---|---|
 Johannes Zimmermann | |
| Born | 2 March 1825 |
| Died | 13 December 1876 (aged 51) |
| Nationality | German |
| Education | Basel Mission Seminary, Basel, Switzerland |
| Occupations | |
| Spouse | Catherine Mulgrave (m. 1851) |
| Children | 6 |
| Church | Basel Evangelical Missionary Society |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 9 December, 1849, Herrenberg |
| Consecration | Basel Minster, 1849 |
Johannes Zimmermann (2 March 1825 – 13 December 1876) was a missionary, clergyman, translator, philologist and ethnolinguist of the Basel Evangelical Missionary Society of Switzerland, who translated the entire Bible into the Ga language of the Ga-Dangme people of southeastern Ghana and wrote a Ga dictionary and grammar book.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9] Mostly an oral language before the mid-nineteenth century, the Ga language assumed a written form as a result of his literary work.[10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17] Zimmerman's work built upon the single introductory grammatical treatise written by the Euro-African Moravian missionary and educator, Christian Jacob Protten, in the Ga and Fante languages, and published a century earlier in Copenhagen, in 1764.[18][19][20][21][22][23]
- ^ "Johannes Zimmerman". dacb.org. Archived from the original on 24 November 2017. Retrieved 24 November 2017.
- ^ "Zimmermann, Johannes – Life and work – Johannes-Rebmann-Stiftung". www.johannes-rebmann-stiftung.de. Archived from the original on 24 November 2017. Retrieved 24 November 2017.
- ^ Ofosu-Appiah, L. H. (1997). The Encyclopaedia Africana Dictionary of African Biography (in 20 Volumes). Volume One. Ethiopia-Ghana.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ Debrunner, H. W. (1967). A History of Christianity in Ghana. Accra: Waterville Publishing House.
- ^ Odjidja, E. M. L., (compiler) (1973). Mustard Seed: The Growth of the Church in Kroboland. Accra.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Odonkor, S. S. (1971). The Rise of the Krobos. Tema.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ Reindorf, C. C. (1966). History of the Gold Coast and Asante, 2nd ed. Accra (originally published in Basel, 1895): Waterville Publishing House.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location (link) - ^ Schlater, Wilhelm (1916). Geschichte der Basler Mission, 1815-1915, ("History of the Basel Mission, 1815-1915"). Basel.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ Smith, Noel (1966). The Presbyterian Church of Ghana 1835-1960. Accra.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ Zimmermann, J. (1855). The Four Gospels in the Ga Language. London.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ Zimmermann, J. (1858). An English-Accra or Ga Dictionary. Stuttgart.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ Zimmermann, J. (1885). A Grammatical Sketch of the Akra or Ga Language and Some Specimens of it from the Mount of the Natives, Stuttgart, 1858, revised edition published as A Grammatical Sketch of the Akra or Ga Language and a Vocabulary of the Same with an Appendix on the Adanme Dialect, 2 Vols. Stuttgart.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ Zimmermann, J. (1858). The Acts of the Apostles (Ga translation). London.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ Zimmermann, J. (1859). The Epistle of St. Paul the Apostle to the Romans (Ga translation). London.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ Zimmermann, J. (1860). The New Testament (Ga translation), 2nd edition, London, 1872, new revised edition 1889, corrected reprint 1908, corrected reprint 1911. London.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ Zimmermann, J., Christaller, J. G. & Locher, C. W. (1894). English-Tschi-Akra Dictionary. Basel.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Zimmermann, J. (1907). The Old Testament (Ga translation), rev. ed. London.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ Smith, Noel. "Christian Jacob Protten". dacb.org. Archived from the original on 14 October 2018. Retrieved 14 October 2018.
- ^ Dreydoppel, Otto. "Christian Jacob Protten". dacb.org. Archived from the original on 14 October 2018. Retrieved 14 October 2018.
- ^ Sebald, Peter (1994). "Christian Jacob Protten Africanus (1715-1769) - erster Missionar einer deutschen Missionsgesellschaft in Schwarzafrika". Kolonien und Missionen. (in German): 109–121. OCLC 610701345.
- ^ Simonsen, Gunvor (April 2015). "Belonging in Africa: Frederik Svane and Christian Protten on the Gold Coast in the Eighteenth Century". Itinerario. 39 (1): 91–115. doi:10.1017/S0165115315000145. ISSN 0165-1153. S2CID 162672218.
- ^ Hutton, J. E. (1923). A History of Moravian Missions. London.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ "Christian Jakobus Protten". geni_family_tree. 15 September 1715. Archived from the original on 14 October 2018. Retrieved 14 October 2018.