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August Hermann Francke, German-Lutheran pietist, philanthropist, and scholar (born 1663)

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August Hermann Francke

German clergyman and theologian (1663–1727)

August Hermann Francke was a German Lutheran clergyman, theologian, philanthropist, and Biblical scholar. His evangelistic fervour and pietism got him expelled as lecturer from the universities of Dresden and Leipzig and as deacon from Erfurt. In 1691 he found his calling at the…
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