About Erich Haupt
Lived 1841 – 1910 (aged 68). Erich Haupt was a German theologian, university teacher and teacher.
Karl Friedrich Erich Haupt (8 July 1841 – 19 February 1910) was a German Lutheran theologian.
Biography He was born at Stralsund, and educated at Berlin. He later worked as a schoolteacher in Kolberg and Treptow an der Rega. He was a professor of New Testament exegesis, successively at Kiel (from 1878), Greifswald (from 1883), and Halle (from 1888), where in 1902 he was named university rector.
He was successor to Willibald Beyschlag as chairman of the main association of the Gustav-Adolf-Stiftung, and from 1901 to 1908 was editor of the "Deutsch-evangelischen Blätter". For a period of time, he served as head of the Evangelischen Bundes (Protestant Federation).
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Who was Erich Haupt?
Professor of the New Testament
When was Erich Haupt born?
Erich Haupt was born on 8 July 1841 in Stralsund.
When did Erich Haupt die?
Erich Haupt died on 19 February 1910 in Halle (Saale).
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Erich Haupt was a theologian, university teacher and teacher.
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Erich Haupt was German.
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