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H. C. Schwan

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H. C. Schwan

German missionary, pastor, introduced Christmas Tree to the United States (1819–1905)

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About H. C. Schwan

Heinrich Christian Schwan, a German Lutheran pastor, was the third president of the Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod (LCMS), from 1878 to 1899. He earlier served as a missionary in Brazil, as the pastor of Zion Lutheran Church in Cleveland, Ohio, and as president of the LCMS's Central District. He was responsible for the LCMS's first exposition of Martin Luther's Small Catechism, known as the "Schwan Catechism".

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Occupation: missionary, theologian, parson

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President of the Lutheran Church – Missouri Synod

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Germany

Born

April 5, 1819

Died

May 29, 1905

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