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'''Gottfried Weigle''' (1816–1855) was a German missionary to [[Karnataka]] who translated the Bible into [[Kannada]].<br />
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He was based in [[Dharwad]], under the Basel Mission in [[Mangalore]]. [[Herrmann Moegling]], a fellow student from Tübingen also worked on translation projects.<ref>The Church Mission Society and world Christianity, 1799-1999 ed. Kevin Ward, Brian Stanley - 2000 "She was a sister of Herrmann Moegling and step-sister of Gottfried Weigle, both key figures in the establishment of Basel Mission work in the Kannada language of Karnataka, South India."</ref> [[Ferdinand Kittel]] worked more independently. He also undertook vaccination work in 1846.<ref>Paul Hockings ''Sex and disease in a mountain community'' 1980 "The first missionary to concern himself with medical matters there was the German Gottfried H. Weigle (1816-1885), who vaccinated about 700 Badaga children in 1846 (Mullens 1854: 61). Weigle did not stay long, however, and the later ..."</ref><br />
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When Weigle died in 1855, his cousin Mögling (at the then late age of 45) married Weigle's wife Pauline.<br />
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