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| Born | (1873-01-27)January 27, 1873 Lille Kirkeholmen,Sannidal, Norway |
| Died | December 21, 1928(1928-12-21) (aged 55) Larvik, Norway |
| Occupations | Missionary, linguist |
| Spouse | Petrea Ness |
Edvard Amundsen (anglicisedEdward Amundsen; January 27, 1873 – December 21, 1928) was aNorwegianLutheran missionary in China and India near the borders ofTibet. He is also remembered as an explorer andTibetan specialist.
Amundsen was born inLille Kirkeholmen [no] in theMunicipality of Sannidal.[1] In 1894, he journeyed to India as part ofAnnie Royle Taylor's Tibetan Pioneer Mission, which would fail within a year. In 1896, together withTheo Sørensen, he traveled toDarjeeling andKalimpong in theHimalayas near the borders of Tibet as a missionary for theChina Inland Mission, where he studied Tibetan religion and customs.[2] After their language studies Amundsen attempted to travel from there toLhasa in Tibet but was halted eight days journey short of the "forbidden city." Later the two of them went toKangding (Sichuan), China in the foothills of the Tibetan plateau to the west. His wife Petrea Ness (1862–1928), from Mandal, Norway, was also a missionary and accompanied him on his trips to China and Tibet.[3][4]
During theBoxer Rebellion in 1900 he left China for Darjeeling,[1][5] but in 1903 he returned and then worked inYunnan for theBritish and Foreign Bible Society until 1911. From 1918/19 to 1924 he served in China for the last time for theMission Covenant Church of Norway.[1]
He died inLarvik.[1] A species ofrhododendron is named after him:Rhododendron amundsenianum.[1][6]
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