David Erdmann

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David Erdmann (28 July 1821 - 11 March 1905) was a German evangelical theologian and church historian. [1] [2]

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Life

Christian Friedrich David Erdmann was born at Güstebiese (as it was then called), a village on the eastern bank of the Oder river a short distance inland and upstream from Stettin. He studied Theology in Berlin, and in 1845 became a member of the Berlin Wingolf (fraternity organisation). [3] He received a "Privatdozent" (teaching certificate) in 1853, and in 1856 became a full professor for Theology and Church History at the University of Königsberg, also serving as a pastor.

Between 1864 and 1900 he served as General Superintendent of the Ecclesiastical College for the Prussian Union of churches in Silesia. [1] For this job he was based in Breslau (as Wrocław was then known). In 1865 he was also appointed a full honorary professor at the university there. [1] Between 1882 and 1899 Erdmann was chair of the Chairman of the History Association of the Evangelical Church in Silesia. [4] He retired in 1900.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Horst Fuhrmann (1989). Fern von gebildeten menschen: eine oberschlesische Kleinstadt um 1870 ... Footnote 254. C.H.Beck. p. 173. ISBN   978-3-406-33984-4.
  2. Friedrich Wilhelm Bautz: Erdmann, David. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Vol 1, Bautz, Hamm 1975. 2nd unmodified edition, Hamm 1990, ISBN   3-88309-013-1, Sp. 1534.
  3. Gesamtverzeichnis des Wingolf, Lichtenberg 1991
  4. "Die Vereinsvorsitzenden ... 1882-1899". Die Vereinsgeschichte. Intriguingly, the organisation's current chairman, in office since 1990, is a near namesake, Dr.Christian-Erdmann Schott. Verein für Schlesische Kirchengeschichte e.V., Mainz. Archived from the original on 2017-08-03. Retrieved 3 August 2017.