Background
Meinardus, Otto Friedrich August was born on September 29, 1925 in Hamburg, Germany. Son of Adolf Heinrich Meinardus and Bertha Adam.
Meinardus, Otto Friedrich August was born on September 29, 1925 in Hamburg, Germany. Son of Adolf Heinrich Meinardus and Bertha Adam.
Diploma, London University, 1948. Bachelor's Degree, Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, 1949. Master of Sacred Theology, Boston University, 1950.
Doctor of Philosophy, Boston University, 1955.
Professor American University, Cairo, 1956—1968. Lecturer Institute Coptic Studies, 1958—1960. Professor Athens College, 1968—1970.
Lecturer Hamburg University, since 1996. Minister Second Congregational Church, Peabody, Massachusetts, 1952—1956, Maadi (Egypt) Community Church, 1956—1968, St. Andrew's American Church, Athens, 1968—1975, German Evangelical Church, Rheinland, 1975—1984.
Member of Society D'Archeologie Copte, German Archeological Institute.
Married Elschen Alma Maria Doescher (deceased September 1984). Children: Evelyn, Ronald. Married Eva Anne-Maria Swiderek Zimmermann, August 9, 1996.