The Encyclopedia Americana (1920)/Moldenke, Charles Edward

MOLDENKE, mōl'dĕn'kė, Charles Edward, American Egyptologist: b. Lyck, East Prussia, 10 Oct. 1860. He was graduated from Columbia in 1879, and from the University of Strassburg in 1885. He was ordained to the Lutheran ministry in the latter year and held pastorates successively in Jersey City, N. J., 1885-90; New York, 1890-96; Mount Vernon, N. Y., 1897-1900. He has published &lsquo;The Egyptian Origin of Our Alphabet&rsquo; (1886); &lsquo;The Trees of Ancient Egypt&rsquo; (1886); &lsquo;The New York Obelisk&rsquo; (1891); &lsquo;The Tale of the Two Brothers&rsquo; (1898); &lsquo;Egyptian Classics&rsquo; (1900).