James Schön
James Frederick Schön (1802, in Ober Weiler – 30 March 1889, in Chatham) was a German missionary and linguist who was active in Sierra Leone. He also participated in the Niger expedition of 1841. After attending the Basel Seminary, Schön attended the Church Missionary Society College in London. He qualified as a priest in 1832 and immediately went to Sierra Leone. He remained active with the Church Missionary Society until 1853. He became an expert on the Hausa language and was awarded an honorary doctorate from Oxford University in 1884. Works * ''Translations of seven Parables and Discources of our Lord Jesus Christ into the Sherbro Language of West Africa'' (1839) * ''Journal of the Niger Expedition'' (1842) * ''Vocabulary and Elements of Grammar of the Haussa Language'' (1843) * Translations of Genesis, Exodus, the Gospels, and the Acts of the Apostles into the Hausa Language (1857-1861) * ''Grammar of the Haussa Language'' (1862) * ''Dictionary of the Hausa Language'' ( ...
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Ober Weiler
Ober may refer to: * ''Ober (film), Ober'', a 2006 Dutch black comedy film * Ober (playing card), a playing card value in the German and Swiss decks of cards * Ober, Indiana, an unincorporated community * Oberek, a Polish dance Surname * Bailey Ober (born 1995), American baseball player * Caroline Haven Ober (1866 - 1929), American educator * Christopher Ober (born 1954), Canadian-American material scientist * Eric Ober, American broadcasting executive * Frederick Albion Ober (1849–1913), American writer and naturalist * Harold Ober (1881–1959), American literary agent * Henry Kulp Ober, former President of Elizabethtown College * Josiah Ober, American classicist and political scientist * Ken Ober (1957–2009), American TV host * Margarethe Arndt-Ober (1885–1971), American opera singer * Philip Ober (1902–1982), American actor See also * Obersee (other) * Oberst (other) [Baidu]