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Gottfried Weigle
Translated the Bible into Kannada (1816-1855)1
Gottfried Weigle (1816–1855) was a German missionary to Karnataka who translated the Bible into Kannada.2
From Wikipedia’s article on Gottfried Weigle (this version), CC BY-SA 4.0.
Born Jul 1, 1816, died Jun 7, 1855.1
About
He was based in Dharwad, under the Basel Mission in Mangalore. Herrmann Moegling, a fellow student from Tübingen also worked on translation projects. Ferdinand Kittel worked more independently. He also undertook vaccination work in 1846.
When Weigle died in 1855, his cousin Mögling (at the then late age of 45) married Weigle's wife Pauline.
From Wikipedia’s article on Gottfried Weigle, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.2
Companies
- Basel Mission PressFounder8
Career
Occupation: linguist, Bible translator, Protestant theologian, missionary, translator.4
- Date not recordedFounded Basel Mission Press3
Personal life
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- 1WikidataGottfried Weigle on Wikidata
- 2WikipediaGottfried Weigle on Wikipedia
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- 8WikidataBasel Mission Press, Founder
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