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.[1]

After attending the Basel Seminary, Schön attended the Church Missionary Society College in London.[1] He qualified as a priest in 1832 and immediately went to Sierra Leone. He remained active with the Church Missionary Society until 1853.[1]

He became an expert on the Hausa language and was awarded an honorary doctorate from Oxford University in 1884.[1]

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 (1876).

His papers are archived at the University of Birmingham.[1]

References
  1. "Papers of James Frederick Schon". Mundus. Mundus Project. Retrieved 25 August 2016.
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