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Meinardus, Otto F. A., 1925-2005

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Personal name headingMeinardus, Otto F. A., 1925-2005
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Variant(s)Meinardus, Otto Friedrich August
Associated placeEgypt
Birth date1925
Death date2005-09
Place of birthHamburg, Germany
Place of deathEllerau, Germany
Field of activityReligion
Profession or occupationCoptologist Pastor
Found inHis Monks and monasteries of the Egyptian deserts, 1961: t.p. (Otto F. A. Meinardus)
Patriarchen unter Nasser und sadat, 1998: t.p. (Otto F.A. Meinardus)
Wikipedia, Jan. 15, 2013 (Otto Friedrich August Meinardus was a German Coptologist and pastor (1925-2005) who wrote numerous books and articles about Coptic Christianity in Egypt. Meinardus was born in Hamburg in 1925. He studied theology and sociology in Hamburg, London, St Louis, Chicago, and at Harvard University, Boston, where he obtained his PhD. Dr. Meinardus was a professor at the American University in Cairo (AUC) from 1956 till 1968, and pastor of the Maadi Community Church (MCC) in Cairo, Egypt. Meinardus died in September 2005 in Ellerau, Germany.)
Associated languageger
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