Gustav Anrich (2 December 1867 in

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– 13 November 1930 in

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) was a German church historian from

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, who served as rector of both the

University of Strasbourg The University of Strasbourg (french: Université de Strasbourg, Unistra) is a public research university located in Strasbourg, Alsace, France, with over 52,000 students and 3,300 researchers. The French university traces its history to the ea ...

and the

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(1928–1929). He was a leading expert on the

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and its relation to and influence by ancient mystery religions and the emergence of the cult of

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s. He was also noted for his work on the history of the Reformation in Alsace. In his last years, he concerned himself with the history of the University of Strasbourg and Alsace more broadly, but he died before he could complete his work on the university's history.Anrich, Gustav Adolf
in: ''

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'' 1 (1953), p. 306 He was the son of Edouard Anrich (1835–1868), parish priest in

and the

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, he received his doctorate at Strasbourg in 1894 with the dissertation ''Das antike Mysterienwesen in seinem Einfluss auf das Christentum'' ("The Ancient Mystery Religions and their Influence on Christianity"). He was parish priest in

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in Alsace 1894–1901 and became Associate Professor at the University of Strasbourg in 1903. From 1914 to 1918, he was Professor of Church History at the University of Strasbourg, and was rector of the university until 1918. He was Professor of Church History at the

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1919–1925 and at the

1924–1930, where he was elected rector for the term 1928–1929. He was the father of the historian

Ernst Anrich Ernst Anrich (born 9 August 1906 in Strasbourg, died 21 October 2001 in Seeheim-Jugenheim) was a German modern historian, sociologist, university professor, academic administrator and publisher, who was the principal founder (in 1949) and managing d ...

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Anrich, Gustav 20th-century German theologians Historians of Christianity Academic staff of the University of Strasbourg Academic staff of the University of Tübingen 1867 births 1930 deaths 19th-century German theologians German historians of religion