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HANS (ā'ge-de), the apostle of Greenland; was born in 1686 in Norway. In 1721 he set sail for Greenland with the intention of converting the natives to Christianity, and for 15 years performed the most arduous duties as missionary, winning by his persevering EGG EGGLESTON kindness the confidence of the natives. is hatched outside are called oviparous, In 1736 he returned to Copenhagen, where he was made a bishop and director of the Greenland missions. He died in 1758. His son, PAUL EGEDE, born in 1708, followed in his father's footsteps, became Bishop of Greenland, of Greenland , and died in 1789.