Hesse family explained
The Hesse family [1] is a Ghanaian family of Dano-German origins.[2] The progenitor of the family was Dr. Lebrecht Wilhelm Hesse, a German medical doctor and a subject of the Danish Crown under King Christian VII.[3] Hesse was an employee of the Danish colonial administration. After qualifying in medicine and surgery, he sailed to the Gold Coast as a young bachelor in the late 1700s to treat chaplains from the Church of Denmark and its latter affiliate, the Danish Missionary Society, civil servants and garrison soldiers stationed at the Christiansborg Castle, now called the Osu Castle.[4] He married a local Ga woman, Lamiorkai, from Osu Amantra in Accra.
During the nineteenth century, the Euro-Ga descendants of Dr. L. W. Hesse were influential in commerce in the Gold Coast colony. Family members later branched into other occupations, becoming bureaucrats and ministers. Additionally, the Hesse family is directly related to the Clerk family through Dr. Hesse's granddaughter, Pauline Hesse (1831–1909), a trader who was married to Alexander Worthy Clerk (1820–1906), a Jamaican Moravian teacher.[5] Clerk was among 24 individuals from the West Indies recruited by the Basel Mission of Switzerland in 1843 and sent to Ghana to establish Protestant churches and schools.
Notable members
- Herman Chinery-Hesse (born 1963), technology entrepreneur and founder of theSOFTribe
- L. J. Chinery-Hesse (1930–2018), parliamentary draftsman, Solicitor-General and Acting Attorney General (1979)
- Afua Adwo Jectey Hesse, First Ghanaian woman to train as a paediatric surgeon
- Chris Tsui Hesse (born 1932), cinematographer, filmmaker, prison reform campaigner and Presbyterian minister
- L. W. Fifi Hesse (1934–2000), First black African Rhodes Scholar, Director-General, Ghana Broadcasting Corporation (GBC), 1972–1974; 1984–1988 and Member, Public Services Commission of Ghana[12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17]
- Regina Hesse (1832–1898), pioneer woman educator-administrator in colonial Ghana
- Virginia Hesse (born 1944), civil servant and commercial officer at the Ministry of Trade and Industry, Ambassador of Ghana to the Czech Republic (2017–2021)[18] [19] [20]
See also
Notes and References
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- Web site: Hesse Family Tree . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20190517224347/https://www.familytreenow.com/trees/86120 . 17 May 2019 . 2019-05-17 . familytreenow..
- Web site: 2020-08-19. Interview with H.E. Virginia Hesse, Ambassador of Ghana. 2020-12-07. Czech & Slovak Leaders. en-GB. 22 October 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201022151009/https://www.czechleaders.com/interviews/virginia-hesse. live.
- Book: Sill, Ulrike. Encounters in Quest of Christian Womanhood: The Basel Mission in Pre- and Early Colonial Ghana. 2010. BRILL. 978-90-04-18888-4. 13 April 2020. 22 July 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230722204036/https://books.google.com/books?id=a5loknGzxTQC. live.
- Book: Kingdon, Zachary. Ethnographic Collecting and African Agency in Early Colonial West Africa: A Study of Trans-Imperial Cultural Flows. 2019-02-21. Bloomsbury Publishing USA. 9781501337949. en. 12 October 2020. 22 July 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230722204035/https://books.google.com/books?id=iA17DwAAQBAJ&q=Alexander+Worthy+Clerk&pg=PA219. live.
- Web site: Adukwei Hesse, BSc MB ChB (UG), MRCP (UK), PhD (Birm), FGCP. ResearchGate.
- Web site: Executive Healthcare & Consult: Our Consultants . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20170225113543/http://executivehealthcaregh.com/consultant_profile.php?consultant_id=1 . 25 February 2017 . 2019-05-16 . executivehealthcaregh.
- Web site: Rev. Prof. Adukwei Hesse. 2016-03-15. Prison Ministry of Ghana. 2019-05-16. 3 June 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190603140653/https://prisonsministry.org/team/howard-porter/. live.
- Web site: Prof Afua Adwo Jectey Hesse, Acting Chief Executive Officer of Korle Bu Teaching Hospital tells youth, "Do not procrastinate.". https://web.archive.org/web/20180718124003/http://achiever-freshie.blogspot.com/2013/04/prof-afua-adwo-jectey-hesse-acting.html. 18 July 2018. live. 2019-05-16.
- Web site: Bridging doctor- population ratio – Accra College of Medicine to our rescue. myjoyonline.com. 2019-05-16. https://web.archive.org/web/20160315090011/http://www.myjoyonline.com/opinion/2015/December-9th/bridging-doctor-population-ratio-accra-college-of-medicine-to-our-rescue.php. 15 March 2016. dead.
- Web site: Joy FM's Personality Profile : Prof. Afua Hesse, Korle-Bu CEO talks about love. 2013-07-12. Modern Ghana. 2019-05-16. 3 June 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190603140651/https://www.modernghana.com/entertainment/22180/joy-fms-personality-profile-prof-afua-hesse-korle-bu-ce.html. live.
- Book: Burial memorial and thanksgiving service for the late Mr. L.W. Fifi Hesse, aged 65, member, Public Services Commission, at Ebenezer Presbyterian Church, Osu, on Saturday, 18th November, 2000, at 10.00 A.M. : burial at Basel Mission Cemetery, Osu.. 2000. [Legendesignhouse|location=Osu, Ghana|access-date=16 May 2019|archive-date=29 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190529132209/https://searchworks.stanford.edu/view/4546886|url-status=live].
- Book: Burial Memorial and Thanksgiving Service for the Late Mr. L.W. Fifi Hesse, Aged 65, Member, Public Services Commission, at Ebenezer Presbyterian Church, Osu, on Saturday, 18th November, 2000, at 10.00 A.M.: Burial at Basel Mission Cemetery, Osu. 2000. Legendesignhouse. en. 21 May 2020. 22 July 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230722204035/https://books.google.com/books?id=t8-8uAAACAAJ. live.
- Book: Ghartey-Tagoe, David Kwesi. David Ghartey-Tagoe: A Broadcast Icon. 2010-07-28. Xlibris Corporation. 9781453542071. 126. en. 12 October 2020. 22 July 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230722204120/https://books.google.com/books?id=VSNLmRNg4-oC&q=LW+Fifi+Hesse&pg=PA126. live.
- Book: Clegg, Sam. Daily Graphic: Issue 11811, November 7 1988. 1988-11-07. Graphic Communications Group. en. 12 October 2020. 22 July 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230722204036/https://books.google.com/books?id=59pmAAAAcAAJ&q=LW+Fifi+Hesse&pg=PA1. live.
- Web site: MAYA ANGELOU R.I.P. – Cameron Duodu. Uncategorized. admin in. 2019-05-20. https://web.archive.org/web/20190413020328/http://cameronduodu.com/uncategorized/maya-angelou-r-i-p. 13 April 2019. live.
- Web site: Goodbye, Comrade Vc By Cameron Duodu. 2008-12-23. Modern Ghana. 2019-05-20. 24 January 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210124015103/https://www.modernghana.com/news/196096/goodbye-comrade-vc-by-cameron-duodu.html. live.
- Web site: 14 July 2017 . Akufo-Addo's alleged 'baby-mama' runs away – Report . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20170714132752/https://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/Akufo-Addo-s-alleged-baby-mama-runs-away-Report-558790 . 14 July 2017 . 2019-05-16 . GhanaWeb..
- Web site: 10 July 2018 . The Diplomatic Breakfast – Meeting with Her Excellency Virginia Hesse, Ambassador of the Republic of Ghana in Prague : Czech – Ghanaian Chamber of Commerce (CGCC) . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20190605223126/http://www.ghanatrade.cz/en/our-news/the-diplomatic-breakfast-meeting-with-her-excellency-virginia-hesse-ambassador-of-the-republic-of-ghana-in-prague/ . 5 June 2019 . 2019-05-16 . Ghana trade czech.
- Web site: Staff – Ghana Embassy Prague. ghanaembassy.cz. https://web.archive.org/web/20180901132418/http://ghanaembassy.cz/staff. 1 September 2018. dead. 2019-05-16.