Paul Tschackert

Paul Tschackert (January 10, 1848 - July 7, 1911) was a German Protestant theologian and church historian who was a native of Freystadt, Silesia. He is largely remembered for contributions made regarding the history of the Protestant Reformation.

Tschackert studied history, theology and philosophy at the University of Halle, and in 1873 continued his studies at the University of Göttingen. In 1875 he earned his doctorate at the University of Breslau with his thesis on theologian Pierre d'Ailly (1351-1420). In 1877 he was an associate professor at Halle, and afterwards became a professor at the Universities of Königsberg (1884) and Göttingen (1890).

Selected writings

* "Anna Maria von Schürmann"; Lectures, 1876
* "Peter von Ailli" (Petrus de Alliaco), 1877
* "Evangelische Polemik gegen die römische Kirche" (Protestant Polemic against the Roman Church), 1885
* "Urkundenbuch zur Reformationsgeschichte" (Documentary Book to Reformation History), 1890 ff.
* "Die Entstehung der lutherischen und der reformierten Kirchenlehre samt ihren innerprotestantischen Gegensätzen" (The Emergence of the Lutheran and the Reformed Church Doctrine, with its Inner-Protestant Conflicts), 1910

References

* [http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=de&u=http://www.catalogus-professorum-halensis.de/tschackertpaul.html&sa=X&oi=translate&resnum=10&ct=result&prev=/search%3Fq%3D%2522Paul%2BTschackert%2522%2BReformation%26start%3D40%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN Catalogus-professorum-halensis, translated biography]