Carl Hugo Hahn
Carl Hugo Hahn (1818–1895) was a Baltic German missionary and linguist who worked in South Africa and South-West Africa for most of his life. Together with Franz Heinrich Kleinschmidt, he set up the first Rhenish mission station to the Herero people in Gross Barmen. Hahn is known for his scientific work on the Herero language.
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| Born | 18 October 1818 Aahof near Riga, Russian Empire, (Now Latvia) |
| Died | 1895 Cape Town, Cape colony (now South Africa) |
| Denomination | Lutheran |
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