Background
Elm, Kaspar Joseph was born on September 23, 1929 in Xanten, Rhineland, Germany. Son of Kaspar Johann and Euphemia (Ruether) Elm.
Elm, Kaspar Joseph was born on September 23, 1929 in Xanten, Rhineland, Germany. Son of Kaspar Johann and Euphemia (Ruether) Elm.
Abitur, Gymnasium Dionysianum, Rheine, Germany, 1950. State examination, University Münster, Germany, 1955. Doctoral examination, University Münster, Germany, 1959.
Habilitation, University Freiburg, Germany, 1968. Doctor (honorary), University Giessen, 1997.
Lecturer University Freiburg, 1968-1970. Professor history University Bielefeld, Germany, 1970-1974, Free University Berlin, 1974—1997, retired, 1997. Professor emeritus
Fellow Dumbarton Oaks, Washington, 1984-1985, Institute Advanced Study, Princeton (New Jersey) University, 1991, Collegium Budapest, Institute Advanced Study, 1998.
Vice president International Commission Church History, Academy Berlin-Brandenburg, Academy Goettingen, European Academy. District visiting professor University California Berkeley, 1999.
Married Ingeborg Pitterling, 1958 (deceased 1992). Children: Susanna, Caspar-Veit, Eva, Dorothee.