He Sowed So That Others Could Reap: Niels Ebbesen Hansen 1866 -1950

Authors

J. Christian Bay

Keywords

January 4, Niels Ebbesen Hansen, baptism, cathedral, Danish

Abstract

January 4 punctuates two events. On that date in 1851 type-setting began for the printing of a new novel, Uncle Tom's Cabin. On the same date in 1866 a boy was born on a farm near Ribe, Denmark, who in baptism in the cathedral was named Niels Ebbesen Hansen. The baptismal vessel used had passed from one generation to the next for over 200 years and had the ring of old Danish silver.

Recommended Citation

Bay, J. Christian (1990) "He Sowed So That Others Could Reap: Niels Ebbesen Hansen 1866 -1950," The Bridge: Vol. 13: No. 1, Article 9.
Available at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/thebridge/vol13/iss1/9