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(June 26, 1832–January 19, 1905). Clergyman; b. Bavaria; attended Conc. Coll., Ft. Wayne, and Conc. Sem., St. Louis; ordained October 7, 1855; pastor Memphis, Tennessee; Altenburg, Missouri; Chicago, Illinois; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Brooklyn, New York; secy. Synodical* Conf. 1872; pres. E Dist., Mo. Syn., 1875–88; vice-pres. Mo. Syn. 1893 to 99; founder and ed. Lutherisches Kinderblatt (later Lutherisches Kinder- und Jugenblatt); wrote Der Brief St. Pauli an die Epheser in Predigten.