Background
Graebner, Theodore was born on November 23, 1876 in Watertown, Wisconsin, United States. Son of Augustus L. (Doctor of Divinity) and Anna (Schaller) G.
Graebner, Theodore was born on November 23, 1876 in Watertown, Wisconsin, United States. Son of Augustus L. (Doctor of Divinity) and Anna (Schaller) G.
Graduate Luther College, New Ulm, Minnesota, 1893. Bachelor of Arts, Concordia College, Fort Wayne, Indiana, 1894. Graduate Concordia Seminary, Saint Louis, Missouri, 1897.
Doctor of Divinity, Lutheran Seminary, Adelaide, Australia.
Professor history. Walther College, Saint Louis, 1897-1900. Teacher of English, Lutheran Ladies’ Seminary, Red Wing, Minnesota, 1900-1906. Pastor Jehovah Church, Chicago, 1907-1913.
Professor theology, Concordia Theological Seminary, Saint Louis, since 1913.
Editor Lutheran Herald, 1909-1913, Der Lutheraner, 1913-1917. Department editor Lehre and Wehre, and Homiletic Magazine, 1913-1918.
Editor Lutheran Witness, 1914-1949, Bible Student (quarterly) since 1921. Lecturer Bad Boll, Germany, 1948, 49.
Member National Committee for Civic Recovery, Concordia Historical Institute (director), Civic Union (director), Council on Education in Government, Philosophical Society of Great Britain, Missouri Academy of Science.
Married Selma Brohm, August 20, 1900. Children: Gŭnhild (Mistress G. Mahler), Eugene, Oliver, Alexander, Margaret.