Abraham Reasor Horne (middle name also Reeser or Reaser, March 24, 1834 — December 23, 1902) was a prominent American
Lutheran pastor, botanist, publisher, and
Pennsylvania German
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writer.
Horne was born in
Springfield Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. He was ordained in 1859 after a teaching career in
Bethlehem and
Bucks County. He founded ''The National Educator'' newspaper in 1860 and served as its publisher and editor until his death in 1902.
Horne received an honorary
doctor of divinity
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degree from
Lebanon Valley College in 1881. He is buried at Fairview Cemetery in
Allentown.
Bibliography
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Pennsylvania German Manual for Pronouncing, Speaking and Writing English' (1875, 1896 edition)
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Easy Experiments for Schools and Families' (1886)
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Das Leben und Wirken von Vater Josua Jäger: Evangelisch-Lutherischen Prediger' (1889)
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Common Sense Health Notes' (1893)
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Horne's Pennsylvania German Manual: How Pennsylvania German Is Spoken and Written, for Pronouncing, Speaking and Writing English' (1910)
External links
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1834 births
1902 deaths
German-American history
Pennsylvania Dutch people
American writers in Pennsylvania Dutch
Pennsylvania Dutch culture
German language in the United States