Dublin Core
- Title
- Friedrich A. Schmidt Papers (P0588)
- Identifier
- P0588
- Creator
- Schmidt, Friedrich A.
- Description
- Reverend Fredrich August Schmidt was born on January 3, 1837 in Thüringen, Germany. He graduated in 1853 from Concordia College. Four years later he finished seminary work at Concordia and became minister to a German congregation in Eden, NJ. In 1861, Schmidt became associated with the Norwegian church when he started teaching at Halfway Creek, near La Crosse. The next year, the school renamed itself Luther College and moved to Decorah, Iowa. Schmidt was an instructor at Luther College until 1872. After his stint at Luther College, he took a professorship in Concordia Seminary in St. Louis, which was then supported by the Norwegian synod. Rev. Schmidt headed the faction that left the synod in 1886 and organized "The anti-Missourian Brotherhood." In that year he also became a theological instructor at St. Olaf's College, Northfield, Minnesota, for this faction.
- Language
- German
- Norwegian
- English
- Latin
- Subject
- Anti-Missourian Brotherhood
- St. Olaf College
- Concordia Seminary (Saint Louis, Mo.)
- Is Part Of
- View the finding aid to the Friedrich A. Schmidt papers here.
