Evans, James, 1801-1846

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Name (Latin)
Evans, James, 1801-1846
Other forms of name
Moo-ge-gee-seg, 1801-1846
Date of birth
1801-01-18
Date of death
1846-11-23
Associated country
Canada
Occupation
Linguists
methodist missionary
Associated Language
eng
Gender
male
Language
English
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
VIAF: 74649803
Wikidata: Q562994
Library of congress: n 85062418
Sources of Information
  • Maclean J. James Evans, inventor of the syllabic system of the Cree language, 1890
  • NLC, 1-29-86(AACR 2: Evans, James, 1801-1846)
  • Nu-gu-mo-nu O-je-boa, 1837:t.p. (Moo-ge-gee-seg) p. 7 (James Evans)
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Wikipedia description:

James Evans (January 18, 1801 – November 23, 1846) was an English-Canadian Wesleyan Methodist missionary and amateur linguist. He is known for creating the syllabic writing system for Ojibwe and Cree, which was later adapted to other languages such as Inuktitut.

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