Heinrich Cordes (missionary)
Johann Heinrich Karl Cordes (born March 21, 1813 in Betzendorf ; † March 9, 1892 in the Lößnitz ) was an Evangelical Lutheran missionary in southern India.
On March 2, 1840 , he was sent as a missionary to southern India by the Evangelical Lutheran Mission Society in Dresden . In what was then the Danish colony of Tranquebar , he joined a Danish colleague and resumed the work of the Danish-Halle Mission .
Cordes was buried in the Radebeul-West cemetery.
His son August Cordes was Superintendent of Leipzig from 1912 to 1924.
literature
- August Cordes: Heinrich Cordes, the father of the more recent Lutheran Tamulen mission. Leipzig: Verl. D. Evangelical Lutheran Mission [1932]
- Otto Hardeland: Cordes, Johann Heinrich Karl . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 47, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1903, pp. 521-525.
- Friedrich Wilhelm Bautz : Cordes, Johann Heinrich Karl. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 1, Bautz, Hamm 1975. 2nd, unchanged edition Hamm 1990, ISBN 3-88309-013-1 , Sp. 1126-1127.
Web links
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Cordes, Heinrich |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Cordes, Johann Heinrich Karl (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Evangelical Lutheran missionary in South India |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 21, 1813 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Betzendorf near Lüneburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 9, 1892 |
| Place of death | Loessnitz near Dresden |