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Harnack

American  
[hahr-nahk] / ˈhɑr nɑk /

noun

  1. Adolf von 1851–1930, German Protestant theologian, born in Estonia.


Harnack British  
/ ˈharnak /

noun

  1. Adolf von. 1851–1930, German Protestant theologian, author of the influential History of Dogma (1886–90)

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Arvid Harnack did have a PhD, but he essentially worked as a bureaucrat in the Reich Ministry of Economics.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 19, 2021

Many accounts of Mildred and Arvid Harnack describe him as a scholar and her as “an English teacher” or “housewife,” but this is inaccurate.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 19, 2021

Due to a production error, the credit for a photo of Arvid and Mildred Harnack misidentified the image's source.

From Slate Nov. 8, 2013

“For many artists, Yaddo is the fulfillment of a fantasy,” Mr. Harnack said in 1988 at a fund-raising dinner for the retreat.

From New York Times Jul. 19, 2013

The book is variously dated by different scholars: Zahn assigns it to the years A.D. 80-120; Harnack to 120-165; Lightfoot and Funk to 80-100; Salmon to 120.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 2 "Anjar" to "Apollo" by Various

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