| LC control no. | n 79126810 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Zeisberger, David, 1721-1808 |
| Associated place | Herrnhut (Germany) Georgia New York (Colony) Ohio Ontario |
| Birth date | 1721-04-11 |
| Death date | 1808-11-17 |
| Place of birth | Moravia (Czechoslovakia) |
| Place of death | Goshen (Ohio) |
| Field of activity | Indians of North America--Languages Bible--Translating Indians of North America--Missions |
| Profession or occupation | Missionaries Translators |
| Found in | Olmstead, E.F. David Zeisberger, c1997: CIP galley (b. Apr. 11, 1721; d. Nov. 17, 1808) Biographical dictionary of Christian missions, 1998: page 761 (David Zeisberger; Moravian missionary to Native Americans; born in Moravia; grew up in Herrnhut, Germany; went with a Moravian missionary group to Georgia in 1738; and started missions with Native Americans in New York in 1738; did work in Ohio and Ontario; he died in Goshen, Ohio; he wrote books and translated the Bible into multiple Native American languages, and also wrote grammars and dictionaries that placed Native American languages side by side with German and English) |
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