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Wiens, Gerhard, 1905-1974
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He seems to have gone by Gerhard rather than Abram Gerhard in his published works. Taught in Modern Languages department at University of Oklahoma at Norman starting in 1946. Left Russia in 1924. entry on him from A. Warkentin and Melvin Gingerich, eds., Who’s Who among the Mennonites (North Newton, KS: Bethel College Press, 1943): “Wiens, Abram Gerhard, Ph. D., Instr. in modern languages, Univ. of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho; b. Jan. 3, 1905, Lindenau, Molotschna, Russia; s. of Gerhard Wiens and Margarete Krueger-Wiens; marr. Helen Frances Miller, Bethany, West Virginia, July 23, 1932; children: John Anthony, b. Sept. 29, 1939. Educ.: Bluffton Col., Bluffton, Ohio, 1930, A. B.; Ohio State Univ., Columbus, Ohio, 1931, M. A. and 1934, Ph. D. Pos.: Teach., Grade Sch., Springstein, Manitoba, Canada, 1927; Instr. in modern languages, Univ. of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho, 1935- Prof. Assn.: American Assn. of Univ. Prof. Publications: Bilderlesebuch fuer Anfaenger, Henry Holt & Co., 1940; Translations from the Russian of several articles on the Great Siberian Meteorite of 1908, Publications of the Society for Research on Meteorites (in Popular Astronomy), together with Dr. Lincoln LaPaz of Ohio State Univ. Mem.: Originally, Gen. Conf. Menn. Ch. of N. A. Address: 314 South Polk Street, Moscow, Idaho.” Died in July 1974 in Norman, Oklahoma, according to Social Security Death Index.