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Harnack, Adolph (d. 1930)
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− | The recent death of Professor Adolph Harnack at Heidelberg after an illness of two weeks removes one of the few remaining members of the old guard of great German scholars known and reverenced the world over. He belonged to the era of Wundt, Eucken, Paulsen, Zeller in philosophy, Curtius, Mommsen, Delbroeck, Treitschke in history, Pfelderer, Bernhard Weiss, Hauck and Kaftan in theology, Wagner and Schmoller in economics, Erich |
+ | The recent death of Professor Adolph Harnack at Heidelberg after an illness of two weeks removes one of the few remaining members of the old guard of great German scholars known and reverenced the world over. He belonged to the era of Wundt, Eucken, Paulsen, Zeller in philosophy, Curtius, Mommsen, Delbroeck, Treitschke in history, Pfelderer, Bernhard Weiss, Hauck and Kaftan in theology, Wagner and Schmoller in economics, Erich Schmidt and Herman Grim in literature. Harnack was for half a century considered the foremost theologian in the world os [''sic''] well-known in England and America as in Germany. His lecture room was always one of the most crowded at the University of Berlin. His power over his students was marvellous [''sic''] and the spell of his oratory was no less great than the profundity of his scholarship. In his special field of Dogmengeschichte and knowledge of the church-fathers he has never been approached. Like many of the great German scholars he reached a good old age; namely seventy-nine years. |
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Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1930 Oct 8 p. 1
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text of obituary:
The recent death of Professor Adolph Harnack at Heidelberg after an illness of two weeks removes one of the few remaining members of the old guard of great German scholars known and reverenced the world over. He belonged to the era of Wundt, Eucken, Paulsen, Zeller in philosophy, Curtius, Mommsen, Delbroeck, Treitschke in history, Pfelderer, Bernhard Weiss, Hauck and Kaftan in theology, Wagner and Schmoller in economics, Erich Schmidt and Herman Grim in literature. Harnack was for half a century considered the foremost theologian in the world os [sic] well-known in England and America as in Germany. His lecture room was always one of the most crowded at the University of Berlin. His power over his students was marvellous [sic] and the spell of his oratory was no less great than the profundity of his scholarship. In his special field of Dogmengeschichte and knowledge of the church-fathers he has never been approached. Like many of the great German scholars he reached a good old age; namely seventy-nine years.