William Nast (Methodist)
Wilhelm (William) Nast | |
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Personal details | |
Born | Stuttgart, Kingdom of Württemberg | 15 June 1807
Died | 16 May 1899 Cincinnati, Ohio, United States | (aged 91)
Children | William F. Nast |
Education | University of Tübingen |
Occupation | Clergyman, editor |
Wilhelm (William) Nast (1807–1899) was a German-born
religious leader and editor. He founded the German Methodist Church of the United States.[1] In addition, he was the grandfather of Condé Montrose Nast
.
Biography
Nast was born on 15 June 1807 in
German Wallace College which eventually became Baldwin Wallace University He died in Cincinnati on 16 May 1899.[1]
Publications
After 1859 he edited the German publications of the Methodist church, and after 1840 was in charge of the Christian Apologist, the organ of his branch. He translated a large number of religious works into German, and was the author of Christological Meditations (Cincinnati, Ohio, 1858); a commentary on the New Testament in German (1860); the Gospel Records (1866); Christologische Betrachtungen (1866); and Das Christenthum und seine Gegensätze (1883).
External links
Nast's Biography: http://archives.gcah.org/bitstream/handle/10516/6506/MH-2001-April-Daniel.pdf
References
- ^ ISBN 978-0-7385-5180-7.
- Wilson, J. G.; Fiske, J., eds. (1900). . Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography. New York: D. Appleton.