Anton Marius Andersen (March 8, 1847 - October 23, 1941) was an American
Lutheran
Lutheranism is a major branch of Protestantism that emerged under the work of Martin Luther, the 16th-century German friar and Protestant Reformers, reformer whose efforts to reform the theology and practices of the Catholic Church launched ...
minister and the founding President of
Trinity Seminary at
Dana College
Dana College was a private college in Blair, Nebraska. Its rural 150-acre (607,000 m2) campus is approximately 26 miles (40 km) northwest of Omaha, Nebraska, Omaha and overlooks a portion of the Missouri River Valley. It closed in 2010.
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Background
A. M. Andersen was born in
Denmark
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, the son of Anders Jørgensen. He was one of seven children. After fulfilling his required military service, he became a pastor.
[''A. M. Andersen, Pioneer Pastor, First President'' (Dana College Review, Volume 40, Number 1. Fall 1983]
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References
Additional Sources
*Christensen, William E. ''Saga of the Tower: A History of Dana College and Trinity Seminary'' (Blair, Nebraska: Lutheran Publishing House, 1959)
*Petersen, Peter L. ''A Place Called Dana: The Centennial History of Trinity Seminary and Dana College'' (Blair, Nebraska: Dana College, 1984)
*Jensen, John M. ''The United Evangelical Lutheran Church: An Interpretation'' (Minneapolis: Augsburg Publishing House, 1964)
*Nyholm, Paul C. ''The Americanization of the Danish Lutheran Churches in America: A Study in Immigrant History'' (Minneapolis: Augsburg, 1963)
External links
The Danish Immigrant Museum
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1847 births
1941 deaths
20th-century American Lutheran clergy
20th-century Danish Lutheran clergy
Danish emigrants to the United States
Danish-American culture in Nebraska
Augsburg University alumni
Grand Crosses of the Order of the Dannebrog
People from Blair, Nebraska
People from Beresford, South Dakota