Georg M. Grossmann

Inspector (German: Herr Inspektor) Georg Martin Grossman (18 October 1823 in Groß-Bieberau, Grand Duchy of Hesse - 24 August 1897 in Waverly, Iowa) was a German-American Lutheran pastor, academic, missionary, and church leader who founded the Iowa Synod, Wartburg College, and Wartburg Theological Seminary.

Georg Martin Grossman
Portrait of Herr Inspektor Georg Martin Großmann
Born(1823-10-18)18 October 1823
Groß-Bieberau, Grand Duchy of Hesse
Died7 August 1897(1897-08-07) (aged 73)
Waverly, Iowa
NationalityGerman
EducationUniversity of Erlangen
SpouseNannie Steppes
ChildrenEight children
ReligionLutheran
Ordained1852
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