August Pieper (14 March 1866 – 25 September 1942) was a German theologian and chairman of the

People's Association for Catholic Germany The People's Association for Catholic Germany () was a German political party founded on 24 October 1890 by Mönchengladbach manufacturer Franz Brandt and Catholic theologian and member of the Reichstag (German Empire), Reichstag Franz Hitze, with ...

.Short biography in: Bureau des Reichstags (Hrsg.): ''Reichstags-Handbuch. Zwölfte Legislaturperiode. Abgeschlossen am 3. April 1907''. Berlin: Norddeutsche Druckerei und Verlagsanstalt, S. 340, Bild auf Seite 479 He is the author of several publications concerning theological, social and political issues. Pieper was born in

Eversberg Eversberg is a town with about 2000 inhabitants in the county of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. The town is well known for its delightful historical local centre with timber-framed houses. History The history of the town goes back to the 11th ...

(now a district of

Meschede Meschede () is a town in the Hochsauerland district, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is the capital of the district Hochsauerlandkreis. Education One of the five branches of South Westphalia University of Applied Sciences (also: Fachhoc ...

), and died in

Paderborn Paderborn (; Westphalian language, Westphalian: ''Patterbuorn'', also ''Paterboärn'') is a city in eastern North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, capital of the Paderborn (district), Paderborn district. The name of the city derives from the river Pade ...

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