Ernest Sabatier
Ernest Sabatier ( MSC , MBE ; born May 24, 1886 in Chassignolles ; † 1965 ) was a French Catholic missionary and author.
He was educated by the Jesuits in Valence and studied at the University of Friborg (Switzerland) . In 1912 he was entrusted with the missionary order for the British colony Gilbert Islands in Micronesia and took his first seat on the island of Abemama . He died in the Gilbert Islands in 1965.
He earned merit as a dictionary author for the Gilbertese language with his Dictionnaire Gilbertin-Français and his studies on the Catholic missionary history of the Gilbert and Ellice Islands .
Works (selection)
- Le Poème de l'île Apemama du Pacifique, îles Gilbert. Préface de Serge Barrault. G. Enault, Paris 1929.
- Dictionnaire Gilbertin-Français. Catholic Mission Press, Tabuiroa, Gilbert Islands 1952.
- English edition: Gilbertese-English dictionary. Te tekitinari n taetae ni Kiribati ma n Ingiriti. Translated by Sister Mary Oliva. South Pacific Commission Publications Bureau, Sydney 1971.
- Sous l'équateur du Pacifique. Les îles Gilbert et la Mission Catholique 1888–1938. Archiconfrérie de N.-D. du Sacré-Cour, Issoudun 1939.
- English edition: Astride the equator. An account of the Gilbert Islands. With a foreword, endnotes and bibliography by HE Maude . Oxford University Press, Melbourne 1977, ISBN 0-19-550520-4
literature
- Jean-Paul Latouche: Le père Ernest Sabatier, 1886–1965. In: Journal de la Société des Océanistes. Paris, Vol. 22, 1966, p. 102. ( ZDB -ID 300396-6 )
Web links
- A Combined Kiribati-English Dictionary based on the works of Hiram Bingham, DD and Father Ernest Sabatier, MSC (translated by Sr. M. Oliva). Compiled by Stephen Trussel and Gordon W. Groves, University of Hawaii, 1978
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Sabatier, Ernest |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French Catholic missionary to the Gilbert Islands, today's Kiribati and author |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 24, 1886 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Chassignolles |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1965 |