Edward Frederick Moldenke
Edward Frederick Moldenke (or Moldehnke; 10 August 1836 – 25 June 1904) was a Lutheran theologian and missionary who worked in Prussia and the United States.
Biography
Edward Frederick Moldenke was born in Insterburg, Prussia on 10 August 1836 ...
. He graduated from
Columbia
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in 1879, spent a year at the
Lutheran Theological Seminary at Philadelphia
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, and studied in
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, Germany, and
Strasbourg
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, Germany (now in France). In 1884, he received the degree of Ph.D. from
Strasbourg University
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. He was ordained to the Lutheran ministry in 1885 and held pastorates successively in
Mount Vernon, New York
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(1897-1900).
Selected works
* ''Die altegyptischen Texten erwaehnten Baeume und deren Verwerthung'' (Trees mentioned in ancient Egyptian texts and their utilization; Leipzig, 1886; American edition, 1887) His inaugural dissertation.
* ''The Egyptian Origin of Our Alphabet'' (1886)
* The text of
Cleopatra's Needle
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, with explanations. Reprinted 1935 and 2008, it was the first print in hieroglyphic type ever issued in America.
* ''The World's most Ancient Fairy-Tale, the Two Brothers'' (1887 and 1898) In
hieratic
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.
* ''Egyptian Classics'' (1900)
Personal life
Rev Charles Moldenke died during 1935 and was buried at the Lutheran All Faiths Cemetery in
Queens County, New York
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