Paul Tschackert (10 January 1848 – 7 July 1911) was a German

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and

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born in

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. He is largely remembered for studies involving the history of the

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. Tschackert studied history, theology and

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at the

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, and in 1873 continued his education at the

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. In 1875, he earned his doctorate at the

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with his thesis on theologian

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(1351–1420). In 1877 he became an associate professor at Halle, afterwards serving as a professor at the universities of

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(from 1884) and

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(from 1890). Tschackert died in

Selected writings

* ''Anna Maria von Schürmann, der Stern von Utrecht, die Jüngerin Labadie's; ein Bild aus der Kulturgeschichte des 17. Jahrhunderts. Vortrag'', 1876 –

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, "the star of

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", the disciple of Labadie; a picture of cultural history in the 17th Century; Lecture. * ''Peter von Ailli'', 1877 – Petrus de Alliaco. * ''Evangelische Polemik gegen die römische Kirche'', 1885 – Protestant polemic against the Roman church. * ''Urkundenbuch zur Reformationsgeschichte des Herzogthums Preussen'', 1890 ff. – Deed book of Reformation history involving the

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. * ''Die Entstehung der lutherischen und der reformierten Kirchenlehre samt ihren innerprotestantischen Gegensätzen'', 1910 – The emergence of the

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and

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doctrines involving its inner-Protestant conflicts. He was the author of many biographies in the ''

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References

Catalogus-professorum-halensis
(translated biography) 19th-century German Protestant theologians Reformation historians People from the Province of Silesia Academic staff of the University of Göttingen Academic staff of the University of Königsberg 1848 births 1911 deaths People from Kożuchów 19th-century German male writers German male non-fiction writers {{Germany-academic-bio-stub