Ernst G. W. Keyl
Ernst Gerhard Wilhelm Keyl | |
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Born | Leipzig, Germany | May 22, 1804
Died | August 4, 1872 | (aged 68)
Education | Leipzig University, 1829 |
Occupation | Pastor |
Years active | 1829–1871 |
Title | President, Eastern District of the Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod |
Term | 1854–1869 |
Ernst Gerhard Wilhelm Keyl (May 22, 1804 in Leipzig, Germany – August 4, 1872 in Monroe, Michigan) was a German-born Lutheran clergyman who worked in the United States. He was a founder and the first president of the Eastern District of the Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod's (LCMS).
Biography[]
Keyl graduated from Leipzig University in 1829 and served as a pastor Niederfrohna, near Penig, beginning in 1829. As a follower of Martin Stephan, he emigrated to the United States in 1839 in the Saxon Emigration. He later served as pastor in Frohna, Missouri (1839–1847); Freistadt and Milwaukee, Wisconsin (1847–1850); Baltimore, Maryland (1850–1869); and Willshire, Ohio. (1869–1871). He was the first president of the Eastern District of the LCMS from 1854 to 1869). He was a scholar of the life and work of Martin Luther.
Works[]
- Lutherophilus (St. Louis, 1854)
- Katechismus-Auslegung aus Dr. Luther's Schriften (4 vols., 1853–68)
- Predigt-Entwürfe über die Sonn und Festtags-Evangelien aus Dr. Luther's Predigten (1866)
His biography was published by J. F. Kostering (St. Louis, 1882).
Notes[]
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References[]
- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Wilson, J. G.; Fiske, J., eds. (1892). . Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography. New York: D. Appleton.
- "Keyl, Ernst Gerhard Wilhelm" in Christian Cyclopedia. St. Louis, MO: Concordia Publishing House, 2000.
- 1804 births
- 1872 deaths
- American Lutheran clergy
- Leipzig University alumni
- German emigrants to the United States
- 19th-century American clergy