Background
Gast, Frederick Augustus was born on October 17, 1835 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Christian and Maria (Eckert) Gast.
Gast, Frederick Augustus was born on October 17, 1835 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Christian and Maria (Eckert) Gast.
Bachelor of Arts, Franklin and Marshall College, 1856, Master of Arts, 1859. (Doctor of Divinity, Waynesburg College, 1877. Doctor of Laws, Franklin and Marshall, 1906).
Ordained in ministry of Reformed Church in the United States (German), 1859. Held two pastoral charges, and was chaplain 45th Pennsylvania Volumes during Civil War. Tutor, 1872-1874, professor Hebrew and Old Testament theology, 1874-1909, professor emeritus, Theological Seminary, Lancaster, Pennsylvania Associate editor Reformed Church Review.
Married Adaline Frey, December 24, 1857 (died 1901).