Background
Hans Gerhard Stub was born in Muskego, Wisconsin. Hans Stub was born in an immigrant cabin in Wisconsin. He was shaped from childhood by the life within the Norwegian Synod, which his father had help found in 1853.
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Hans Gerhard Stub was born in Muskego, Wisconsin. Hans Stub was born in an immigrant cabin in Wisconsin. He was shaped from childhood by the life within the Norwegian Synod, which his father had help found in 1853.
Student Gymnasium, Bergen, Norway, 1861-1865. Graduate Luther College, Decorah, Iowa, 1866. Graduate Concordia College, Fort Wayne, Indiana, 1869.
Graduate Concordia Theological Seminary, Saint Louis, 1872.
Studied University of Leipzig, 1881-1882. Doctor of Divinity, Concordia Seminary, 1903.
Doctor of Letters, Capital University, 1922. Doctor of Laws, Luther College, 1924.
Doctor of Humane Letters, Saint Olaf College, 1925.
He was a theological candidate at Concordia Seminary in Saint Louis, Missouri in 1872 and became a pastor in Minneapolis during 1878. He was a professor of theology and from 1879 head of Luther Seminary, first in Madison, Wisconsin, later in Saint Paul, Minnesota. He was a pastor position in Decorah, Iowa (1896–1900) and later became a professor at Luther College (1898–1900).
In 1900 he was a professor and head of the Luther Seminary.
He was editor of several journals, including the Norwegian language Teologisk tidsskrift (1899–1908). Stub was also the author of numerous books and articles
Stub was head of the Norwegian Synod from 1911. Stub was the recipient of the first honorary degree granted by Luther College (Doctor of Laws) on his 75th birthday, February 23, 1924.
He also received honorary degrees from Capitol University and Saint Olaf College.
The papers of Hans Gerhard Stub are contained within the Luther College Archives.
Married Didrikke Ottesen, August 11, 1876 (died 1879). Married second, Valborg Hovind, July 31, 1884 (died 1901). Married 3d, Anna Skabo, August 8, 1906.
Children: Jacob A. O., Hans A.