John Christian Gustav Baumann
John Christian Gustav Baumann (born April 27, 1863 in Copenhagen , † 1939 ) was a Danish merchant and inspector of Greenland .
Life
John Christian Gustav Baumann was the son of the master baker Friedrich Wilhelm Baumann and his wife Erasmine Jensen. He married on April 24, 1892 in Nuuk Sofia Binzer (1863–?), Daughter of the naval captain August Binzer and his wife Henriette Amalie Dohlmann.
John Christian Gustav Baumann became a volunteer in Paamiut in 1887 and transferred to Nuuk that same year. In 1889 he became the interim colonial administrator of Nuuk for one year. From 1892 to 1894 he was the proper colonial administrator in Nuuk, where he represented Edgar Christian Fencker as inspector of South Greenland from 1893 to 1894 . From 1894 to 1897 he was colonial administrator in Maniitsoq . In 1899 he was mining controller in Ivittuut and the following year he was appointed interim colonial administrator of Paamiut. He took over the office properly in 1902. After a year of vacation, he was again colonial administrator in Nuuk in 1905. From 1907 to 1910 he worked in Sisimiut and then for a year in Qaqortoq . From 1912 to 1916 he was again colonial administrator in Maniitsoq. He retired in 1917. In 1939 a necrology was published on him in Det Grønlandske Selskab's annual journal .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Biography in Biografisk Leksikon for Grønland
- ^ Register of the yearbooks of Det Grønlandske Selskab at tidsskriftetgronland.dk
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Baumann, John Christian Gustav |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Danish merchant and inspector of Greenland |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 27, 1863 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Copenhagen |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1939 |