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U Larsing
U Larsing (1838 - 1863), also known as Larsing Khongwir, was an Evangelist missionary who practiced in the area of the Khasi Hills, Meghalaya, India during the late 1850s and early 1860s. Additionally, he was the first Khasi Missionary to visit and preach in England and Wales during the early 1860s. Personal life U Larsing, also known as Larsing Khongwir, was born in about 1838 in Mawsmai. His father was a trader, and U Larsing was the older of two children. His family followed the Animist religion. U Larsing died at Ty Cerrig, Caergwrle, Flintshire, Wales on 24 August 1863 whilst visiting the area doing missionary work. He was buried at the Overleigh Cemetery, Chester, Cheshire on 28 August 1863. The inscription on his gravestone is in both English and Welsh and reads ''Here rests in hope the body of U Larsing one of the first fruits of the Welsh Missionary Society on the Khassia Hills, Bengal where he laboured several years as an Evangelist. In 1861 he visited this country ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
U Larsing's Gravestone
U, or u, is the twenty-first letter (alphabet), letter and the fifth vowel letter of the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet and the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide. Its English alphabet#Letter names, name in English is ''u'' (pronounced ), plural ''ues''. Name In English, the name of the letter is the "long U" sound, pronounced . In most other languages, its name matches the letter's pronunciation in open syllables. History U derives from the Semitic waw (letter), waw, as does F, and later, Y, W, and V. Its oldest ancestor goes back to Egyptian hieroglyphs, and is probably from a hieroglyph of a mace or fowl, representing the sound or the sound . This was borrowed to Phoenician, where it represented the sound , and seldom the vowel . In Greek language, Greek, two letters were adapted from the Phoenician waw. The letter was adapted, but split in two, with Digamma or wau being adapted to represent , and the second on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
