Johannes Andreas August Grabau
Johannes Andreas August Grabau | |
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Old Lutheran pastor and theologian | |
| Spouse | Christine Sophia Burgraf |
| Children | Johann, Wilhelm, Beata |
| Parent(s) | Johann Andreas Grabau and Anna Dorothea Jericho |
Johannes Andreas August Grabau (March 18, 1804—June 2, 1879) was an influential German-American
theologian
. He is usually mentioned as J. A. A. Grabau.
Grabau was born in Olvenstedt,
University of Halle (1825–1829).[1]
After three years as a teacher in
Buffalo Synod. Grabau also founded the Martin Luther College in Buffalo. Grabau retained control of the Martin Luther College and remained as its rector. The official organ of Grabau's synod after 1866 was Die Wachende Kirche, under his editorship.[2]
Grabau was married on July 15, 1834, to Christine Sophia Burgraf, the daughter of Johann Andreas Burggraf and Friedericke Louise Elizabeth Beulke. They had at least three children: Johann, Wilhelm, and Beata. Grabau died on June 2, 1879, in Buffalo, New York, shortly before the 40th anniversary of his arrival in the United States.[3]
References
Other sources
- Clifford E. Nelson, Lutherans in North America (Minneapolis, MN: Augsburg Fortress Publishers. 1980)
External links
- Lutherans - The Buffalo Synod Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge
- Missouri United Methodist Archives[permanent dead link] A biographical sketch of Grabau from Missouri's Central Methodist College
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the
New Schaff–Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge (third ed.). London and New York: Funk and Wagnalls.
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