Theodore Emanuel Schmauk, D.D., LL.D. (May 30, 1860 - March 23, 1920) was an American Lutheran minister, educator, author and Church

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. Theodore Emanuel Schmauk was born in

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, the son of a Lutheran minister, Rev. Benjamin W. and Wilhelmina C. (Hingel) Schmauk. He graduated from the

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, (class of 1883) being ordained by the

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in that year. In 1897, he received the degree of D.D. from

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and in 1910, the degree of LL.D. from Augustana College. He first went into church work as a Lutheran

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(1883–1903). He became editor in chief of the ''Lutheran Church Review'', which he had helped found and organize. (1889–1920). Between 1903 and 1920, Dr. Schmauk served in numerous capacities with the

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. Dr. Schmauk was president of the General Council of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in North American (1903–20). He was one of the organizers of the Pennsylvania Chautauqua (1892); one of the organizers of the Pennsylvania Dutch Society (1891); and one of the organizers of the Lebanon County Historical Society (1898). Dr. Schmauk was President of the Board of Directors of the

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, (1908–20) and in charge of the Department of Ethics, Apologetics and Pedagogy, (1911–20).''The Story of Chautauqua'' (by Jesse Lyman Hurlbut. G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1921)

Selected works

*''Charms of Conversation'' (1889) *''The Voice in Speech and Song''(1891) *''Catechetical Outlines'' (1892) *''The Fugitive Criticism of the Old Testament'' (1894) *''History of Old Salem in Lebanon'' (1898) *''Manual of Bible Geography'' (1901) *''The Early Churches of the Lebanon Valley'' (1902) *''History of the Lutheran Church in Pennsylvania'' (1903) *''Bible Facts and Scenes'' (1905) *''The Christian Kindergarten'' (1906) *''The Confessional Principle and the Confessions of the Lutheran Church'' (1909) *''Account of the German Inhabitants of Pennsylvania'' (1910) *''Christianity and Christian Union'' (1913) *''How to Teach in Sunday School'' (1920) *''Annotated Bibliography of Religious Education and Child Psychology'' (1920)

References

Other sources

*Sandt, George W. ''Theodore Emanuel Schmauk, D.D., L.L.D. A Biographical Sketch'' (United Lutheran Publication House. 1921)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Schmauk, Theodore Emanuel American Lutheran theologians Historians from Pennsylvania Augustana College (Illinois) alumni 1860 births 1920 deaths Writers from Lancaster, Pennsylvania 20th-century American Lutheran clergy University of Pennsylvania alumni Muhlenberg College alumni 19th-century American Lutheran clergy