Frederick Hermann Knubel
American Lutheran clergyman
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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.
Frederick Hermann Knubel | |
|---|---|
| Born | May 22, 1870 |
| Died | October 16, 1945 (aged 75) |
| Known for | first president of the United Lutheran Church in America |
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.[1] His daughter Helen Knubel was a longtime archivist for the National Lutheran Council.[2]
Works
- Our church; an official study book (1924)
- Church unity; a commentary on the Epistle to the Ephesians (1937)
