Henry Muhlenberg
Author
1711 – 1787
Who was Henry Muhlenberg?
Henry Melchior Muhlenberg, was a German Lutheran pastor sent to North America as a missionary, requested by Pennsylvania colonists.
Integral to the founding of the first Lutheran church body or denomination in North America, Muhlenberg is considered the patriarch of the Lutheran Church in the United States. Muhlenberg and his wife Anna Maria had a large family, several of whom had a significant impact on colonial life in North America as pastors, military officers, and politicians. His and Anna Maria's descendants continued to be active in Pennsylvania and national political life.
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- Born
- Sep 6, 1711
Einbeck - Also known as
- Heinrich Melchior Muhlenberg
- Heinrich Melchior Mühlenberg
- Religion
- Lutheranism
- Ethnicity
- German American
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Germany
- Education
- Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg
- University of Göttingen
- Lived in
- Hanover
- Died
- Oct 7, 1787
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on July 23, 2013
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