Background
Marcus Olaus Bøckmann was born at Langesund in Bamble municipality, Telemark county, Norway.
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Marcus Bockmann
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He was educated at Egersund High School, Aars and Voss Latin School, and the University of Christiania (Oslo).
Career
Marcus Olaus Bøckmann immigrated to the United States during 1875. Having first worked as a Lutheran pastor for several years, he was appointed as a Professor of Theology at the Luther Theological Seminary operated by the Norwegian Synod in Saint Paul, Minnesota in 1886-1890. He taught at Augsburg Seminary in Minneapolis, Minnesota from 1890-1893.
His official portrait in the reading room of the library of Luther Theological Seminary depicts him wearing the Knight"s Cross of the Order on his Norwegian clerical cassock.
From 1917 to 1930 he served as the president of the Luther Theological Seminary. From 1930 until his retirement in 1937, he continued to serve as a professor at the Seminary.
The personal records and files of Marcus O. Böckman are contained within the archives of Luther Seminary.
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Norway