Background
Rygh, George Taylor was born on March 21, 1860 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Andrew T. and Andrine (Holter) Rygh.
Rygh, George Taylor was born on March 21, 1860 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Andrew T. and Andrine (Holter) Rygh.
Bachelor of Arts, Luther College, Decorah, Iowa, 1881. Graduate Lutheran Theological Seminary, Columbus, Ohio, 1884.
Ordained Lutheran ministry, 1884. Pastor Portland, Maine, 1884-1889. Pastor and teacher, Wittenberg, Wisconsin, 1889-1890.
Pastor Grand Forks, North Dakota, 1890-1891. Professor Scandinavian langs. and literature, University of North Dakota, 1891-1895. Pastor and teacher Mount Horeb (Wisconsin) Academy, 1895-1898.
Pastor Bethlehem Church, Chicago, 1899-1910. Editor The United Lutheran, 1909-1914. Resident editor American Lutheran Survey, Columbia, South Carolina., 1914-1920.
Author: The Pioneers, 1909. Shadow of a Wrong, 1909. John Harding, 1910; The Wings of the Morning (Norwegian), 1909.
Translator: (from the German) Gossmer’s Treasury, 1906. Scandinavian Hymns, 1912. Home: 1531 Russell Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Author: The Pioneers, 1909. Shadow of a Wrong, 1909. John Harding, 1910
The Wings of the Morning (Norwegian), 1909.Translator: (from the German) Gossmer’s Treasury, 1906. Scandinavian Hymns, 1912.
Married Clara Louise Aaker, of Alexandria, Minnesota, November 13, 1895.