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(October 24, 1852–October 18, 1934). B. Riesa, Saxony, Ger.; to Am. 1872; educ. at the sem. of the Ev. Luth. Syn. of Iowa* and Other States at St. Sebald, Iowa, and at Leipzig and Erlangen, Ger.; pastor Mendota, Illinois, and teacher at the Iowa Syn. coll. and sem. there 1876; pres. Wartburg Coll., Clinton, Iowa, 1894; pres. Iowa Syn. 1904–26; prominent in merger of Buffalo, Iowa, and Ohio syns. Ed. Kirchen-Blatt.