Philip Melanchthon | Name Changes
Robert-Scott Ynkawen This is the name change of a humanist, theologian, and educator. Philipp Schwartzerdt (1497-1507) Melanchthon was born to an armorer, Georg Schwartzerdt, and Barbara Reuter. He was raised in Latin…
Daniel Featley | Name Changes
I did some ancestry research, and it turns out that I am a descendant of Daniel Featley. Richard Fairclough (1582-?) He was born in Charleton-uopon-Otmoor, Oxfordshire to the cook of…
U Dhammaloka | Name Changes
Laurence Carroll (1856-1884) He was born in Dublin, Ireland. He would work as a migrant worker throughout the Atlantic Ocean, including the United States. Dhammaloka eventually found his way to…
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The Underestimated Importance Of Missionaries In Language Restoration
An easily overlooked part of language revitalization has to do with the translation of religious texts used in order to bring indigenous people to Christianity. You do not need to…
El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz | Name Changes
On the eve of Black History Month, I thought it would be appropriate to include the complex civil rights leader El-Hajj Malik el-Shabazz--otherwise known as Malcolm X. Malcolm Little He…