Emilie Christaller

Christiane Emilie Christaller, née Ziegler, (1829 – 13 August 1866) was a German educator and missionary in Akropong in colonial Ghana. She was the first wife of Johann Gottlieb Christaller (1827–1895), a German missionary, linguist and philologist of the Basel Mission, notable for his leading role in the translation of the entire Holy Bible into the Twi language.

Christiane Emilie Christaller
Emilie Christaller
Born
Christiane Emilie Ziegler

1829
Waiblingen, Germany
Died13 August 1866(1866-08-13) (aged 36–37)
NationalityGerman
Occupations
  • Educator
  • Missionary
Known forWomen's vocational education on the Gold Coast
Spouse
(m. 1857)
Children5
Parents
  • Christian Ludwig Ziegler (father)
  • Rosine Kübler (mother)
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