Gustav Reinhold Nyländer

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Gustav Reinhold Nyländer (* around 1775 in Tallinn ; †  23. May 1825 in Kissy , now a district of Freetown , Sierra Leone ) was from Estonia originating Lutheran missionary and Africanist .

Life

Gustav Reinhold Nyländer studied from 1803 to 1805 at the Berlin Mission School . From 1806 he was in the service of the English Committee of the New Church Society . In the same year he went to Africa as the first Estonian missionary . The voyage from Europe to West Africa lasted over seven months. He first settled in Freetown as a pastor and school teacher before receiving a missionary assignment.

From 1812 to 1818 he lived in the settlement area of ​​the Bullom in today's Sierra Leone, from 1818 until his death in 1825 under the Temne people . In 1814 Nyländer published a grammar of the Bullom language , a dictionary and a spelling book in London . His translation of the Gospel of Matthew was the first ever translation of the Bible into a language in Black Africa. In addition, Nyländer collected numerous ethnographic objects and folk poetry.

Works

  • A spelling book of the Bullom language with a dialogue and scripture exercices. London 1814
  • Grammar and vocabulary of the Bullom language. London 1814
  • Select portions of the book of common prayer, according to the use of the united church of England and Ireland. Translated into the Bullom Language. London 1816
  • Lum Keleng ko ka anin bulzing nghana yekonah ke kë foy. A good word to all people who wish to go to heaven. London 1816

literature

  • Mart Siiroja: "Eesti misjonär Gustav Reinhold Nyländer Sierra Leone's 19th sajandi algul." In: Õpetatud Eesti Seltsi aastaraamat (1988-1993). Tartu 1995, pp. 106-114.

Individual evidence

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  3. ↑ http://www.jstor.org/pss/1581219
personal data
SURNAME Nyländer, Gustav Reinhold
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Nylander, Gustav Reinhold
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Estonian missionary and Africanist
DATE OF BIRTH around 1775
PLACE OF BIRTH Tallinn
DATE OF DEATH May 23, 1825
Place of death Kissy , now a municipality of Freetown , Sierra Leone