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RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Paul Egede

1708 - 1789

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Paul or Poul Hansen Egede (9 September 1708 – 6 June 1789) was a Dano-Norwegian theologian, missionary, and scholar who was principally concerned with the Lutheran mission among the Kalaallit people in Greenland that had been established by his father, Hans, in 1721. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Paul Egede has received more than 44,340 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Paul Egede is the 2,352nd most popular religious figure, the 277th most popular biography from Norway and the 2nd most popular Norwegian Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Paul Egede ranks 2,352 out of 2,238Before him are Paul Peter Meouchi, Oswald of Worcester, Zygmunt Szczęsny Feliński, Ali Gomaa, John Shelby Spong, and Georg Sterzinsky. After him are Justin Welby, Adalbero of Reims, Julius Döpfner, Marguerite Bays, Aquilino Bocos Merino, and Toribio Ticona Porco.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1708, Paul Egede ranks 13Before him are Antiochus Kantemir, Duke Charles Louis Frederick of Mecklenburg, Egidio Duni, Johann Adolf Scheibe, Olof von Dalin, and Georg Dionysius Ehret. After him is Safdar Jang. Among people deceased in 1789, Paul Egede ranks 20Before him are Charles-Michel de l'Épée, Anders Dahl, Jean-Baptiste Vaquette de Gribeauval, Jakob II Bernoulli, Jafar Khan, and Sayed Morad Khan.

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In Norway

Among people born in Norway, Paul Egede ranks 277 out of 927Before him are Tom Henning Øvrebø (1966), Finn Ronne (1899), Erlend Loe (1969), Jens Bjørneboe (1920), Adolph Tidemand (1814), and John Lyng (1905). After him are Sam Eyde (1866), Roy Jacobsen (1954), Hans Nielsen Hauge (1771), John Arne Riise (1980), Kitty Lange Kielland (1843), and Gunnar Sønsteby (1918).

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Norway

Among religious figures born in Norway, Paul Egede ranks 2Before him are Hans Egede (1686). After him are Helene Olafsen (1990).