S.S. Schmucker

S.S. Schmucker (born February 28, 1799, Hagerstown, Maryland, U.S.—died July 26, 1873, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania) was a theologian and educator who was a principal exponent of the American Lutheran movement, which sought to create a particularly American expression of Lutheranism. Schmucker joined in the establishment of the General Synod (1820) that coordinated the various Lutheran churches in the United States and helped found Gettysburg Seminary (1826; now Lutheran Theological Seminary) and Pennsylvania College (chartered in 1832...