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Spangenberg, August Gottlieb, 1704-1792

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Personal name headingSpangenberg, August Gottlieb, 1704-1792
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Variant(s)Spangenberg, Jos. (Joseph), 1704-1792
Spangenberger, Jos. (Joseph), 1704-1792
Spangenberg, Joseph, 1704-1792
Brother Joseph, 1704-1792
Joseph, Brother, 1704-1792
Other standard no.50020859
Associated countryHoly Roman Empire United States
Associated placePennsylvania
LocatedBethlehem (Pa.)
Birth date1704-07-15
Death date1792-09-18
Place of birthThuringia (Germany)
Place of deathBerthelsdorf (Germany)
Field of activityTheology Church work with Indians
AffiliationMoravian Church in America (Bethlehem, Pa.)
Moravian Church
Profession or occupationTheologians Missionaries
Found innuc86-71082: His A concise historical account ... [MI] 1775 (hdg. on GEU-T rept.: Spangenberg, August Gottlieb, 1704-1792; usage: August Gottlieb Spangenberg)
I humbly thank you, for giving me an account of Mr. Smith's information viz. that he, being a prisoner in the French countries, saw there the Moravian Indians ... [MS], 1758: signed at end (Jos. Spangenberg) overleaf (Jos. Spangenberger)
Wikipedia, October 6, 2024 (August Gottlieb Spangenberg (15 July 1704-18 September 1792) was a German theologian, minister, and bishop of the Moravian Church; he helped develop and lead international Moravian missions in colonial-era Province of Pennsylvania; Klettenberg, Holy Roman Empire, in present-day Hohenstein, Thuringia; The Moravians universally referred to Spangenberg as "Brother Joseph"; Spangenberg died at Berthelsdorf)
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