Yep Peter Hansen

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Title page of the book Der Geitzhals on the island of Silt (1809) by Jap Peter Hansen
Trigonometric scales, boxwood, by Jap Peter Hansen, Museum Altfriesisches Haus

Jap Peter Hansen (* 1767 in Westerland on Sylt ; † 1855 ) was a seaman and author from the island of Sylt.

Life

Jap Peter Hansen was born on Sylt as the second son of the sexton Peter Hansen. After many years as a seaman, he succeeded his father in Westerland (Sylt) in 1800 and also took over the work of his uncle Carsten Hansen as a navigation teacher. In 1820 Hansen was transferred to Keitum . He wrote arithmetic books and while still a seaman - probably in the period between 1788 and 1792 - he wrote the Frisian-language play Di Gidtshalts, of di Söl'ring Pid'ersdei ("The Miser, or the Sylter Petritag"; title of the 2nd edition), which was printed in 1809 under the German title Der Geitzhals on the island of Silt . He is credited with having established modern North Frisian literature and orthography with this work . In 1833, Hansen's story Di lekkelk Stjüürman ("The happy helmsman") was published as a sequel to the Sylter Petritag .

The chronicler of the island of Sylt, Christian Peter Hansen , is his son. He has reported that his father made and sold over 4000 trigonometric scales from boxwood . The Museum Altfriesisches Haus in Keitum on Sylt reports on the life of Jap Peter Hansen and his son.

Memorial stone for Jap Peter Hansen in Westerland (Sylt)

Works

  • The Geitzhals on the island of Silt. A play in four acts. Flensburg, 1809
  • Food for reading pleasure in North Frisian. I. The curmudgeon or the Silter Petritag. Second edition. II. The happy helmsman. A grandson of the curmudgeon. III. Songs and other trifles for innocent social entertainment. Second increased edition, by JP Hansen, formerly a seafarer, now Küster and Dannebrogsmann in Keitum on Silt. Sønderborg, 1833

Web links

Commons : Jap Peter Hansen  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Dietrich Hofmann: The Sylter Petritag. A Frisian comedy from the late 18th century. In: Nordfriesisches Jahrbuch 1965, pp. 94-108.
  2. ↑ Ommo Wilts: The North Frisian Literature. In: Horst Haider Munske et al. (Hrsg.): Handbuch des Frisian. Tübingen 2001, pp. 396-408.
personal data
SURNAME Hansen, Jap Peter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German sailor and author from the island of Sylt
DATE OF BIRTH 1767
PLACE OF BIRTH Westerland , Sylt
DATE OF DEATH 1855