Philip Delaporte
Philip Adam Delaporte (born August 19, 1867 in Worms , † November 1928 in Gridley , Illinois ) was a German- born American Protestant missionary.
Life
He and his family were sent to the Pacific island of Nauru in November 1899 ; they came from Hawaii via Kosrae under the supervision of an American foreign commission. Delaporte and his wife Salome translated various religious texts into Nauruan , such as the New Testament , stories of the Old Testament , a catechism , a hymn book, school texts and the history of the Christian Church.
In 1907 Delaporte published his pocket dictionary Deutsch-Nauruisch , in which the Nauruan vocabulary is listed. It contained 65 pages with around 1650 entries.
The Boston Missionary Office was taken over by the London Missionaries Association in 1917 , and Delaporte returned to the United States with his family and young Timothy Detudamo , where he died in November 1928. Detudamo helped him translate Nauruan texts further.
Delaporte has been honored with a Naurus postage stamp.
Web links
supporting documents
- ^ Karlsruhe registry office : marriage register . No. 154/1898.
- ^ Suburb Coach born on South Sea Isle. In: The Nebraska State Journal , January 27, 1929, accessed March 28, 2020.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Delaporte, Philip |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Delaporte, Philip Adam (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American Protestant missionary |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 19, 1867 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Worms |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 1928 |
| Place of death | Gridley |