Frederick Hermann Knubel
Lutheran clergyman and first president of the United Lutheran Church in America
About Frederick Hermann Knubel
Lived 1870 – 1945 (aged 75). Frederick Hermann Knubel was an American pastor, known for United Lutheran Church in America.
Frederick Hermann Knubel (May 22, 1870 – October 16, 1945) was a U.S. Lutheran clergyman and first president of the United Lutheran Church in America from 1918 to October 1944.
Knubel was born in New York City to Friedrich (Frederick) C. Knubel (1827-1908), a German-born grocer who had immigrated in 1855, and his wife, Katherine.
He was educated in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania and at the Theologisches Seminar and University of Leipzig.
He was a pastor in New York from 1896 to 1918.
On July 2, 1924, he offered the invocation at the opening of the twelfth session of the 1924 Democratic National Convention. His daughter Helen Knubel was a longtime archivist for the National Lutheran Council.
Works Our church; an official study book (1924) Church unity; a commentary on the Epistle to the Ephesians (1937)
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Who was Frederick Hermann Knubel?
Lutheran clergyman and first president of the United Lutheran Church in America
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Frederick Hermann Knubel was born on 22 May 1870 in New York.
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Frederick Hermann Knubel died on 16 October 1945.
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Frederick Hermann Knubel was a pastor.
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Frederick Hermann Knubel was known for United Lutheran Church in America.
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Frederick Hermann Knubel was American.
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