J. T. Krogh

Johannes Thoft Krogh (29 January 1919[5] – 22 October 1980[6]) was the Registrar of the nation's first University,[7] the Senate of Serampore College (University) who was in office from 1975 through 1978.[8]

Johannes Thoft Krogh[1]
(J. T. Krogh)
Born29 January 1919
Tønning Parish, Denmark[2]
Died22 October 1980 (1980-10-23) (aged 61)
Rønne, buried in Østerlars,[3] Denmark
NationalityDanish
EducationHorsens State School (1937), Copenhagen University, (1944)
OccupationTheologian
ChurchDanish Santal Mission/Northern Evangelical Lutheran Church
Congregations served
Allinge-Sandvig churches on Bornholm.
Offices held
Pastor, Moltrup-Bjerning (1945-1946),
Rector, Kaerabani Santal High School, Kaerabani (1947-1948),
Missionary, Assam (1948-1953),
Principal, Santal Theological Seminary, Benagaria (1953[4]-1972),
Associate Registrar, Senate of Serampore College (University) (1972-1975),
Registrar, Senate of Serampore College (University) (1975-1978)
TitleThe Reverend Doctor

As a missionary of the Northern Evangelical Lutheran Church, Krogh was one of the Editors[9] of the weekly,[10] Pera Hoor published since 1922 in Santali language.

Studies

Krogh was educated at the State School in Horsens where he studied until 1937[6] and then at the Copenhagen University where he took his graduation in 1944[6] as a Candidate of Theology.[11]

Ecclesiastical ministry

Jharkhand

Krogh first came to India in 1947[6] as a Missionary of the Danish Lutheran Church and was Rector of the Kaerabani[12] Santal High School[13] in Benagaria, now under Dumka District in Jharkhand. He was then assigned to Assam from where he returned in 1953[14][6] to build up the [15] Santal Theological Seminary (now Santal Theological College) and was Principal[16] till 1972. Krogh made significant contribution to the Seminary ensuring affiliation[16] of the Seminary sometime between 1963[12][6] and 1965[6] to the Senate of Serampore College (University). Krogh's efforts at the College fructified and many of his students have made significant contribution to the Church in India. Timotheas Hembrom, who happened to be one of Krogh's students, became an Old Testament Scholar.

Assam

During 1948[17]-1953,[6] Krogh was Missionary in Gauranga, Kokrajhar district, as well as Bongaigaon[16][18] in Assam and returned in academics when he went back to Jharkhand to take up the Principalship of the Santal Theological College.

West Bengal

From 1972[12] onwards, Krogh was made Associate Registrar[6] of the Senate of Serampore College (University) where he worked[19] along with C. Devasahayam, then Registrar and in the ensuing years', Krogh was made full charge of the Registrarship as C. Devasahayam went on leave from 1975 to 1978[12] as Pastor of the Lower Circular Road Baptist Chapel founded by William Carey (missionary) in Kolkata.

Honours

In 1968,[20] Krogh was made a Council Member of the Senate of Serampore College (University) along with C. D. Jathanna. On Krogh's departure from India in 1978, the Senate of Serampore College (University) conferred an honorary Doctor of Divinity degree by honoris causa.[21]

Academic offices
Preceded by
C. Devasahayam
1960-1975[8]		 Registrar,
Senate of Serampore College (University)
1975-1978[8]		 Succeeded by
D. S. Satyaranjan
1978-2004[8]

References
  1. University of South California Digital Libraries
  2. According to Parish register for Skanderborg amt, Tyrsting, Tønning, 1892-1922 FKVD
  3. The grave of Johannes Thoft Krogh at Østerlars Kirkegård
  4. University of South California
  5. Paul Nedergaard, Personalhistoriske, sognehistoriske og statistiske bidrag til en dansk præste og sognehistorie: kirkelig geografi, 1849-1949, I kommission, O. Lohse, 1951, p.595.
  6. Dansk Biografisk Leksikon (Danish Biographic Lexicon), 2011
  7. Murli Manohar Joshi, Higher Education in India Vision and Action, A paper presented at the UNESCO World Conference on Higher Education in the Twenty First Century, Paris, 5–9 October 1998. Internet, accessed 22 August 2008. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 23 February 2012. Retrieved 15 November 2015.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  8. Senate of Serampore College (University), Registrars of the Senate Archived 19 September 2015 at the Wayback Machine
  9. Annual Report of the Registrar of Newspapers of India 1962, Office of the Registrar of Newspapers, 1962, p.44.
  10. Proceedings of the Indian History Congress, Volume 57, Indian History Congress, 1997, p.471.
  11. Edith Bender, Fakta om Santalmissionen, Dansk Santalmission, Nørregade 11, 1967, pp.30, 33.
  12. Danish Mission Photo Archives, Folder 119
  13. The 81st Annual Report of the Santal Mission of the Northern Churches for the year 1947, Santal Mission of the Northern Churches, Dumka, 1948, pp.ii, 8-12.
  14. Danish Mission Photo Archives, Folder 497
  15. The 87th Annual Report of the Santal Mission of the Northern Churches for the year 1953 and the fourth year of the Ebesener Evangelical Lutheran Church, Santal Mission of the Northern Churches, Dumka, 1954, pp.37-40.
  16. Olav Hodne, The Seed Bore Fruit: A Short History of the Santal Mission of the Northern Churches 1867-1967, Santal Mission of the Northern Churches, Dumka, 1967, pp.92, 140.
  17. Historisk-filosofiske meddelelser, Volume 36, I Kommission hos Munksgaard, 1956, p.11.
  18. Agnes Margarethe Siersted, Teologisk stat; udg. paa Kirkeministeriets foranstaltning, O. Lohses forlag eftf, 1949, p.40.
  19. Danish Mission Photo Archives, Folder 114
  20. Serampore College, The story of Serampore and its college, Council of Serampore College, 1961, fourth edition 2005, pp.130.
  21. Senate of Serampore College (University), List of the Recipients of the Degree of Doctor of Divinity (Honoris Causa).
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