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Hermann Friedrich Mögling (1811–1881), also spelt Herrmann Friedrich Moegling, was a German missionary from the Basel Mission who spent most of his career in the western regions of the state of Karnataka, India. He is credited as the publisher of the first ever newspaper in the Kannada language called as ''Mangalooru Samachara'' in 1843.〔Hermann Mögling's contribution to the Kannada literature is mentioned by 〕 He was awarded a doctorate for his literary work in Kannada called as ''Bibliotheca Carnataca''. He also translated Kannada literature into German. Mögling is acknowledged by Kannada writers and linguists as the first modern Kannada writer, as he produced nearly 36 literary works, considered to be ground-breaking and exceptional Kannada literature, in a short period of 20 years. He was the founder-principal of BEM Theological Seminary, later renamed as Karnataka Theological College. He and his wife Pauline(Nee Bacmeister) laid the foundations for the Evangelical parish and Anandapur, a village made out of jungle in the interior of Karnataka. 〔 〕 ==Early life== Hermann Mögling was born in 1811 in the town of Brackenheim in the Kingdom of Württemberg, Germany.〔The birth place and lifetime of Hermann Mögling is mentioned by 〕 He studied theology in the Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen and joined the Basel Mission. He came to the city of Mangalore in Karnataka as a missionary of Basel Mission in 1836.〔 In 7 years, in 1843, Mögling had mastered Kannada, and went on to stat the fist Kannada newspaper Mangalura Samachara 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Hermann Mögling」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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