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(Ernest; August 7, 1875–February 11, 1937). B. Elstra, near Kamenz, Saxony, Ger.; educ. at the training school of the Leipzig* Ev. Luth. Miss.; miss. India 1900–03; to Am. 1903; joined General* Syn. of the Ev. Luth. Ch. in the USA; pastor South Dakota ca. 1903–13; to Nebraska 1913; taught Martin Luther Sem., Lincoln, Nebraska; taught Western Theol. Sem. (at Midland Coll.), Fremont, Nebraska, 1919–30, as mem. of the Ger. Ev. Luth. Syn. of Nebraska (see United Lutheran Church in America, The, Synods of, 3) and Chicago (Illinois) Luth. Theol. Sem. 1930–37 as mem. of the Wartburg Syn. (see United Lutheran Church in America, The, Synods of, 3). Works include An Outline of the History of Doctrines; Christian Symbolism; The Supernatural in the Tragedies of Euripides as Illustrated in Prayers, Curses, Oaths, Oracles, Prophecies, Dreams, and Visions.