Christian Rasmussen

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Christian Rasmussen

Christian Vilhelm Rasmussen (born November 25, 1846 in Skrosbjerg , Vråby Sogn , † November 10, 1918 in Lynge Sogn ) was a Danish missionary in Greenland , author , philologist and pastor .

Life

Christian Rasmussen was the son of Lars Rasmussen and his wife Ane Kirstine Lange. He became a student in Herlufsholm in 1865 . In 1872 he completed a degree in theology. On 21 February 1873 he married in Copenhagen Karen Henriette Vilhelmine Clausen (1849-1874), daughter of the shoemaker Henrik Ancher Clausen and his wife Anna Nicoline Cathrine Bisserup. On 7 May of the same year he was appointed pastor ordained and as a helper in Ilulissat used in Greenland, where he also at the local seminary taught. Their son Victor Emil was born on November 30, 1873. Only a few months later, on February 27, 1874, his wife died and his son died on July 25. In addition, Christian Rasmussen suffered from gout and so he was allowed to travel home to Denmark.

Nonetheless, he returned to Greenland in 1875 and married the Greenlander Sophie Lovise Susanne Fleischer (1842–1917), daughter of the colonial administrator Knud Geelmuyden Fleischer (1815–1877) and his wife Regine Magdalene Paulussen (1816–1889) on November 15, 1875. He was named a missionary to Uummannaq and Appat . In 1877 he returned to Ilulissat, where he remained active until 1895 with small interruptions. At times he also worked for Aasiaat and Uummannaq. On July 7, 1879, his son Knud Johan Victor (1879–1933) was born, who would later become one of the most important Greenlanders as a polar explorer. Other children from the marriage were Vilhelmine Regine (1881–1974) and Christian Ludvig (1883–1914). After returning to Denmark, he became a pastor in Lynge Sogn and Uggeløse Sogn . In 1904 he became a lecturer and ministerial advisor.

Christian Rasmussen published a Greenlandic grammar in 1888 and, together with Jacob Kjer, a Danish-Greenlandic dictionary in 1893 . He worked on a Greenlandic translation of the Bible, translated the Bible story by Carl Frederik Balslev and published a book of psalms in 1907. He died in Lynge two weeks before his 72nd birthday in 1918.

Web links

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e biography in Biografisk Leksikon for Grønland
  2. ↑ Church book Vråby Sogn 1814–1849 (p. 36)
  3. ^ Church records Ilulissat 1872–1890 (Born boys p. 5)
  4. ↑ Church registers Ilulissat 1872–1890 (Born boys, p. 20)
  5. ↑ Church registers Ilulissat 1872–1890 (Born girls p. 50)
  6. ↑ Church registers Ilulissat 1872–1890 (Born boys p. 25)
personal data
SURNAME Rasmussen, Christian
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Rasmussen, Christian Vilhelm (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Danish missionary in Greenland, author, philologist and pastor
DATE OF BIRTH November 25, 1846
PLACE OF BIRTH Skrosbjerg , Vråby Sogn
DATE OF DEATH November 10, 1918
Place of death Lynge Sogn