Harold J. Grimm
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Professor Harold J. Grimm (1901 – 1983) was an academic
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, historian
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 and writer and an expert on the Reformation
Protestant Reformation
The Protestant Reformation was a 16th-century split within Western Christianity initiated by Martin Luther, John Calvin and other early Protestants. The efforts of the self-described "reformers", who objected to the doctrines, rituals and ecclesiastical structure of the Roman Catholic Church, led...

.

Born in Saginaw
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 in Michigan
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 in 1901, Grimm gained his PhD
Doctor of Philosophy
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 at Ohio State University
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. Grimm's numerous posts as an educator included Professor of History at Capital University
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, the Ohio State University and Indiana University
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. He was Department Chairman at Ohio State and Indiana Universities. In 1978 Grimm received the Distinguished Teacher award at Ohio State University. He was a Fulbright Teaching Fellow
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 at the University of Freiburg
University of Freiburg
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Grimm was a member of numerous societies and associations. He was President of the Ohio Historical Society
Ohio Historical Society
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 and the American Society for Reformation Research. He contributed many articles to professional journals and was the American editor for the Archiv fuer Reformationsgeschichte.

During his academic career Grimm collected about 200 volumes of books and pamphlets from the Reformation
Protestant Reformation
The Protestant Reformation was a 16th-century split within Western Christianity initiated by Martin Luther, John Calvin and other early Protestants. The efforts of the self-described "reformers", who objected to the doctrines, rituals and ecclesiastical structure of the Roman Catholic Church, led...

 period. After his death the collection was donated to the Ohio State University Libraries and form the core of the Harold J. Grimm Reformation Collection, which now includes over 550 volumes.

Grimm died in Columbus, Ohio
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 in 1983. The Harold J. Grimm Prize, awarded by the Sixteenth Century Society and Conference
Sixteenth Century Society and Conference
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 for the best article on the Reformation published during the previous year, is named after Grimm.

Publications

  • Grimm, Harold J. (editor) Christian Liberty by Martin Luther
    Martin Luther
    Martin Luther was a German priest, professor of theology and iconic figure of the Protestant Reformation. He strongly disputed the claim that freedom from God's punishment for sin could be purchased with money. He confronted indulgence salesman Johann Tetzel with his Ninety-Five Theses in 1517...

    Augsburg Fortress (1985) ISBN 9780800601829
  • Grimm, Harold J. (Design) Luther's Ninety-Five Theses Augsburg Fortress (1957)
  • Grimm, Harold J. Luther's Works Vol 31: Career of the Reformer Fortress Press (1957)
  • Grimm, Harold J. Reformation Era, 1500-1650 Macmillan (1974) ISBN 0023472707
  • Grimm, Harold J. The Reformation in Recent Historical Thought Publication 54 The Macmillan Company, New York (1964)

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