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Thomas Arbousset
Jean Thomas Arbousset (January in 13, 1810, Pignan – September 29, 1877 at Saint-Sauvant) was a French Protestant pastor and missionary of the Society of Evangelical Missions of Paris. He exercised his ministry in Lesotho, Tahiti and then in Saint-Sauvant, in Vienne. Biography Born in Pignan, he decided to become a missionary and trained with Pastor Gachon in Mazères.. He studied at the Maison des missions de Paris at the end of 1829 and continued there until the summer of 1832, when he was consecrated. The missionary society sent him to southern Africa, without destination decided, with Eugène Casalis and Constant Gosselin. They arrived at the Cape at the end of February 1833. They created the mission among the Basutos, in present-day Lesotho. They notably supported the Basutos during the Boer Wars, until they obtained British protection. Thomas Arbousset leads explorations of the northern mountains. Translated into the Setswana language about fifty ofchapitres de la ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pignan
Pignan (; ) is a commune in the Hérault department in the Occitanie region in southern France. Population See also *Communes of the Hérault department A commune is an alternative term for an intentional community. Commune or comună or comune or other derivations may also refer to: Administrative-territorial entities * Commune (administrative division), a municipality or township ** Communes of ... References External links Official site Communes of Hérault {{Hérault-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lesotho
Lesotho, formally the Kingdom of Lesotho and formerly known as Basutoland, is a landlocked country in Southern Africa. Entirely surrounded by South Africa, it is the largest of only three sovereign enclave and exclave, enclaves in the world, the others being San Marino and Vatican City, which are surrounded by Italy. Lesotho is situated in the Maloti Mountains and contains the Thabana Ntlenyana, highest peak in Southern Africa. It has an area of over and has a population of about 2.311 million. Its Capital city, capital and largest city is Maseru. Lesotho was formed in 1824 by Moshoeshoe I, King Moshoeshoe I. Continuous encroachments by Dutch settlers made the King enter into an agreement with the United Kingdom to become a protectorate in 1868 and, in 1884, a crown colony. History of Lesotho, It achieved independence in 1966, and was subsequently ruled by the Basotho National Party (BNP) for two decades. Its constitutional government was restored in 1993 after seven years o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
