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US historian of Christianity, Christian theology and medieval intellectual history at Yale
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Jaroslav Pelikan (* December 17, 1923 in Akron; † May 13, 2006 in Hamden) was an uS historian of Christianity, Christian theology and medieval intellectual history at Yale. He was 82 years old. His education included Concordia University Ann Arbor, Concordia Seminary, University of Chicago and University of Michigan. His faith was Lutheranism. He received 8 awards, including Kluge Prize, Library of Congress Living Legend. His cause of death was lung cancer. He was buried at Grove Street Cemetery.
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13 EventsBorn in Akron, Summit County
1923Valparaiso University
1946until 1949
Concordia Seminary
1949until 1953
University of Chicago
1953until 1962
Yale University
1962Fellow of the Medieval Academy of America
1972Wilbur Cross Medal
1978Haskins Medal
1985Newberry Library Award
1990honorary doctor of Comenius University
1992Henry Allen Moe Prize
1997Kluge Prize
2004Died in Hamden, New Haven County (lung cancer)
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Jaroslav Pelikan. Forever remembered.