Hedevig Christiane de Roepstorff (née Willemoes; 30 November 1843 – 31 August 1896) was a Danish Lutheran missionary and editor.[1][2]
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| Born | Hedevig Christiane de Roepstorff 30 November 1843 Copenhagen, Denmark |
| Died | 31 August 1896 (aged 52) Frederiksberg, Denmark |
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| Religion | Christianity |
| Denomination | Lutheranism |
Biography
editHedevig Christiane Willemoes was born 30 November 1843 in Copenhagen to Niels Willemoes (1792–1860), an accountant, and Margrethe Magdalene Rostrup (1804–1880).[1][3] On 5 May 1844, De Roepstorff was baptised in Holmen Parish.[3]
On 11 January 1872, De Roepstorff married Frederik Adolph de Roepstorff, a philologist and writer, whilst he was on home leave from the Nicobar Islands.[1][4][5]
The couple later returned to the Nicobar Islands where De Roepstorff worked for the islands Christian mission.[1] Following her husband's murder in 1883, De Roepstorff posthumously published and edited A Dictionary of the Nancowry Dialect of the Nicobarese Language and The Gospel of Matthew in Nicobarese, Nancowry dialect in 1884.[1][5]
On 31 August 1896 De Roepstorff died in Frederiksberg, aged 52.[1]
References
edit- 1 2 3 4 5 6 Green-Pedersen, Sv. E (7 July 2011). "Frederick Adolph de Roepstorff". In Larsen, Jytte (ed.). Dansk Kvindebiografisk Leksikon (in Danish). Copenhagen, Denmark: LEX. Retrieved 24 April 2026.
- ↑ "Hedvig Christian Willemoes". Census 1870, Copenhagen; Copenhagen; Kongensgade, Store. Copenhagen: Danish National Archives. 1870.
- 1 2 "Hedevig Cristiane Willemoes [Baptismal record]". Denmark, Select Baptisms, 1618–1923 [database on-line]. Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.
- ↑ "Frederick Adolph de Roepstorff and Hedvig Christiane Willemoes". Counter-Ministerial Book 1812–1924; Frederiksberg Sogn; 1867–1873 (in Danish). Copenhagen: Danish National Archives. 1872.
- 1 2 Van Driem, George (2008). "The Shompen of Great Nicobar Island: New linguistic and genetic data, and the Austroasiatic homeland revisited" (PDF). Mother Tongue (XIII). Retrieved 24 April 2026.