Harold J. Grimm (1901–1983) was an

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, and writer and an expert on the

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. Born in

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in 1901, Grimm gained his PhD at

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. Grimm's numerous posts as an educator included Professor of History at Capital University, the Ohio State University, and

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. He was department chairman at Ohio State and Indiana universities. In 1978, Grimm received the Distinguished Teacher award at Ohio State University. He was a Fulbright Teaching Fellow at the

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.The Harold J. Grimm Reformation Collection
at

() Grimm was a member of numerous societies and associations. He was president of the

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and the American Society for Reformation Research. He contributed many articles to professional journals and was the American editor for the '' Archiv für Reformationsgeschichte''. During his academic career Grimm collected about 200 volumes of books and pamphlets from the Reformation period. After his death, the collection was donated to the Ohio State University Libraries and form the core of the Harold J. Grimm Reformation Collection, which now includes over 550 volumes. Grimm died in Columbus, Ohio, in 1983. The Harold J. Grimm Prize, awarded by the

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for the best article on the Reformation published during the previous year, is named after Grimm.The Harold J. Grimm Prize
on the

website

Publications

*Grimm, Harold J. (editor) ''Christian Liberty'' by

Martin Luther Martin Luther (; ; 10 November 1483 – 18 February 1546) was a German priest, theologian, author, hymnwriter, and professor, and Augustinian friar. He is the seminal figure of the Protestant Reformation and the namesake of Lutherani ...

Fortress Press (1985) *Grimm, Harold J. (Design) ''Luther's Ninety-Five Theses '' Fortress Press (1957) *Grimm, Harold J. ''Luther's Works Vol 31: Career of the Reformer'' Fortress Press (1957) *Grimm, Harold J. ''Reformation Era, 1500-1650'' Macmillan (1974) *Grimm, Harold J. ''The Reformation in Recent Historical Thought'' Publication 54 The Macmillan Company, New York (1964)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Grimm, Harold J. 1901 births 1983 deaths People from Saginaw, Michigan Ohio State University alumni Reformation historians 20th-century American historians American male non-fiction writers Presidents of the American Society of Church History 20th-century American male writers Historians from Michigan Fulbright alumni