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Hans Egede was the apostle of Greenland. He was bom in 1686 in Norway and died in 1758. In 1721 Hans Egede set sail for Greenland with the intention of converting the natives to Christianity, and for fifteen years performed the most arduous duties as missionary, winning by his persevering kindness the confidence of the natives. In 1736 he returned to Copenhagen, where he was made a bishop and director of the Greenland Missions.
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Jacques-Nicolas Billaud-Varenne was a French revolutionist. He was bom in 1756 at Rochelle and died in 1819. He bore a principal part in the murders and massacres which followed the destruction of the Bastille and voted immediate death to Louis XVI. He officiated as president of the Convention in October 1793. In 1795, on a reaction having taken place against the ultra party, he was arrested and banished to Cayenne.
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Johann Gottfried von Herder was a German author. He was bom in 1744 and died in 1803. In 1762 he went to Konigsberg, procured an. appointment in Frederick's College, and was permitted by Kant to hear all his lectures gratis. From 1764 to 1769 he was an assistant teacher at the cathedral school of Riga, with which office that of a preacher was connected, and it was during this period that he published his Fragments on German Literature. In 1769 he resigned his post in order to travel, and became travelling tutor to the Prince of Holstein-Oldenburg. But in Strasburg he was prevented from proceeding by a disease of the eyes; and here he became acquainted with Goethe, on whom he had a very decided influence.
Besides his Fragments, his Critical Woods (Kritische Walder) and other productions had gained him a considerable reputation, and he was appointed in 1771 court preacher, superintendent, and consistorial counsellor at Buckeburg, and in 1776 to the same offices at Weimar. In 1801 he was made president of the high consistory, a place before only given to noblemen. He was subsequently made a noble by the Elector of Bavaria.
As a theologian Herder contributed to a better understanding of the historical and antiquarian part of the Old Testament. His Geist der Hebraischen Poesie (Spirit of Hebrew Poetry) is highly valued. He did much also for the better appreciation of the classical authors. His greatest work is his Ideen zur Philosophic der Geschichte der Menschheit (Ideas on the Philosophy of the History of Man
1785). He was the author of some popular songs, and of an epic entitled The Cid.
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BOM is an abbreviation for Bill Of Materials
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Bom is a Bullom language spoken in a small area along the Bome River in Sierra Leone.
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Bum (Bom) is a Bantoid language spoken in Cameroon.
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