| LC control no. | n 80050021 |
|---|---|
| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Muhlenberg, Henry Melchior, 1711-1787 |
| Variant(s) | Muhlenberg, H. M. (Henry Melchior), 1711-1787 Mühlenberg, Heinrich Melchior, 1711-1787 Muhlenburg, Henry Melchior, 1711-1787 |
| See also | Founded corporate body of person: Vereinigten Evangelisch-Lutherischen Gemeinen in Nord-America |
| Birth date | 1711-09-06 |
| Death date | 1787-10-07 |
| Place of birth | Einbeck (Germany) |
| Place of death | Trappe (Pa.) |
| Field of activity | Lutheran Church German Americans |
| Profession or occupation | Clergy Missionaries |
| Found in | NUCMC data from Rutgers Univ. Lib. for Evangelisch Luthersche Kerk (Netherlands). Gemeente in New York en Andere Daertoe ... 1703-1783 (H.M. Muhlenberg, Lutheran pastor) Henry Melchior Muhlenburg, D.D., 1902: t.p. (Henry Melchior Muhlenburg) p. [3] (Dr. Henry Melchior Muhlenberg) p. 4 (b. Sept. 6, 1711, at Eimbeck, Germany) p. 6 (d. Oct. 7, 1787) Wikipedia, searched December 29, 2020 (under Pennsylvania Ministerium; founded in Philadelphia by Henry Melchior Muhlenberg as the German Evangelical Lutheran Ministerium of North America on August 26, 1748; renamed German Evangelical Lutheran Ministerium of Pennsylvania and Adjacent States in 1792; first Lutheran Church body and source of Lutheran liturgy in America; in 1818, organized with the New York Ministerium and the Maryland-Virginia Synod to form the General Synod (Evangelical Lutheran General Synod of the United States of America), being associated with it from 1820 to 1823, then 1853 through 1864; in 1867, joined with thirteen other church bodies to form the more conservative/confessional organization, the General Council; the Pennsylvania Ministerium was a constituent church of the General Council from 1867 through 1918; ceased to exist in 1918 when the General Synod, the United Synod of the South, and the General Council merged to form the United Lutheran Church in America) <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pennsylvania_Ministerium> Wikipedia, searched January 29, 2021 (Henry Melchior Muhlenberg; Heinrich Melchior Mühlenberg; born September 6, 1711, Einbeck, Germany; died October 7, 1787, Trappe, Pennsylvania; pastor/missionary; in 1748, founded the first Lutheran church body in North America, the Ministeriium of Pennsylvania) <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Muhlenberg> |
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