Kumm, Karl, 1874-1930

LC control no.	n 96089831
Descriptive conventions	rda
Personal name heading	Kumm, Karl, 1874-1930 *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Variant(s)	Kumm, Hermann Karl Wilhelm, 1874-1930 Kumm, H. K. W. (Hermann Karl Wilhelm), 1874-1930 Kumm, Herman Karl William, 1874-1930
Associated country	Germany Great Britain United States Nigeria
Associated place	California Sudan (Region)
Birth date	1874-10-19
Death date	1930-08-22
Affiliation	Sudan United Mission Church of Christ in Nigeria
Found in	Karl Kumm, 1994: p. 1, etc. (Hermann Karl Wilhelm Kumm; b. 1874; d. 1930) LC database, 9/16/96 (hdg.: Kumm, Hermann Karl Wilhelm, 1874-1930) Churches of Christ in Nations website, viewed April 7, 2016: Kumm, (Hermann) Karl Wilhelm (Dr. Karl Kumm - founded COCIN in 1904; born in Hanover, Germany, in 1874; Dr. Kurnm made maps of the African territories for the Paris Peace Conference; retired to California, where he lived quietly until his death on 22nd August, 1930) <http://www.cocin.org/dr-karl-kumm-founded-cocin-in-1904/> Boston University School of Theology website, viewed April 7, 2016: Kumm, (Hermann) Karl Wilhelm (1874-1930) and Lucy Evangeline [Guinness] (1865-1906) page (Founders of the Sudan United Mission (SUM). Kumm, born in Wiesbaden, Germany, felt called to missionary work among Muslims. Lucy Guinness was known as a writer and editor, and a Christian worker in London's East End. She and Kumm were married in Cairo early in 1900. Kumm continued as its leader and director until 1924; in 1925 he retired to California. Today the society founded by the Kumms is known as Action Partners--Christians Reaching the World. The largest national churches arising from the work of SUM are the Church of Christ in Nigeria and the Sudanese Church of Christ (Nuba Mountains, Sudan)) <http://www.bu.edu/missiology/missionary-biography/i-k/kumm-hermann-karl-wilhelm-1874-1930-and-lucy-evangeline-guinness-1865-1906/> Marquis Who's Who online, viewed April 12, 2016 (H. Karl William Kumm; Born: Hanover, Germany, Oct. 19, 1874; Died Aug. 22, 1930; Occupation: geog. research; Education: Ph.D., U. of Freiburg, 1903; Began as explorer in Africa, 1899; first white man to traverse the north-central African divide between Congo Shari and the Nile; founded missions, schs., hosps., etc.; founder and mng. dir. Bd. for Medical Edn. and Research in Africa, also of Sudan United Mission; made maps for Peace Conf., Paris. Author: The Lands of Ethiopia, 1910; African Missionary Heroes and Heroines, 1917. Engaged in hort. experiments with Passifloraceæ in Southern Calif.) Tett, Mollie E. The road to freedom, 2004: page 7 (Herman Karl William Kumm b. 19th October, 1874 at Osterode in Germany; Karl) page 10 (Karl Kumm) Route of Dr. Karl Kumm across Africa from the Niger to the Nile, 1908-9 Wikipedia [German], June 18, 2019 (Karl Kumm, German-British missionary. Hermann Karl Wilhelm Kumm (born October 19, 1874 in Markoldendorf, d. August 22, 1930) was a British missionary and African researcher of German origin. Karl Wilhelm Kumm; from January 1898 to April 1900, he spent time in Egypt, learning Oriental languages, and traveling to Nubia and the southern oases of the Libyan desert. PhD from the University of Freiburg. Married Lucy Guinness (1865-1906), daughter of the then-famous British evangelist Henry Grattan Guinness, and became a British citizen. The outbreak of World War I interrupted African missionary activity. Until his death, Kumm founded several branches of the SUM in the United Kingdom, the United States, France, South Africa and Denmark.) OCLC, June 18, 2019 (access points: Kumm, H. K. W. (Hermann Karl Wilhelm), 1874-1930; Kumm, H. Karl W.; Kumm, H. Karl Wilhelm; Kumm, H. K. W.; usage: H.K.W. Kumm, H. Karl W. Kumm, H. Karl Wilhelm Kumm, Karl Kumm, Karl W. Kumm)