George Grenfell

George Grenfell

George Grenfell (* 21. August 1849 in Sancreed bei Penzance, Cornwall; † 1. Juli 1906 in Basako am Kongo) war ein englischer Missionar und Afrikaforscher.

Grenfell fuhr 1874 im Auftrag der Baptisten-Missionsgesellschaft nach Kamerun und gründete dort die Station Victoria, von wo aus er gemeinsam mit Thomas Comber zwischen 1876 und 1879 das Delta des Kamerunflusses erkundete. Später war er im mittleren Kongobecken aktiv. Er erforschte 1885 den Lulango mit Curt von François sowie den Mohongi bis zu den Stromschnellen von Songo. 1886 ging er den Unterlauf des Kuango und die Ufergegenden des Leopold II.- und Mantumbasees ab.

George Grenfell starb am 1. Juli 1906 in Basako am Kongo.[1]

Veröffentlichungen

  • Life on the Congo. By W[illiam] Holman Bentley; with an introd. by George Grenfell. London: The Religious tract society, 1887.
  • The upper Congo. Geographical Journal, Bd. 20 (1902)

Literatur

  • Sir Harry Johnston: George Grenfell and the Congo. 2 Bde., London: Hutchinson, 1908. (A history and description of the Congo Independent State and adjoining districts of Congoland, together with some account of the native peoples and their languages, the fauna and flora; and similar notes on the Cameroons and the island of Fernando Pô, the whole founded on the diaries and researches of the late Rev. George Grenfell, B.M.S., F.R.G.S.; and on the records of the British Baptist Missionary Society; and on additional information contributed by the author, by the Rev. Lawson Forfeitt, Mr. Emil Torday, and others. Reprint, New York: Kraus, 19XX.
  • George Hawker: The life of George Grenfell, Congo missionary and explorer. London: The Religious tract society, 1909.
  • Harry Lathey Hemmens: George Grenfell: pioneer in Congo. London: Student Christian Movement, 1927.
  • Shirley J. Dickins: Grenfell of the Congo. Pioneer, missionary, and explorer. London: Sunday School Union, 1910.
  • Helma Pasch: George Grenfell. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Band 31, Nordhausen 2010, ISBN 978-3-88309-544-8, Sp. 538–547.

Einzelnachweise

  1. ↑ J. Gordon Melton: Grenfell, George (1849-1906). Baptist missionary leader in Africa. In: Encyclopedia of World Religions. Encyclopedia of Protestantism, Nr. 6, Facts of File, New York 2005, ISBN 978-0816054565, S. 251.

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