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Adolf Hausrath (1837-1909), a Protestant theologian, professor of [[New Testament|New Testament]] exegesis and church history at the University of [[Heidelberg (Baden-Württemberg, Germany)|Heidelberg]]. Under the pseudonym of Georg Taylor he wrote several historical novels and tales. One of them, <em>Klytia</em> (1883), treats [[Anabaptism|Anabaptism]] in a sensitive and attractive spirit. The miller Werner, who plays a subordinate role in it, is a splendid Anabaptist figure. <em>Mennonitische Blätter</em>  (1910): 93 f.; <em>Comeniusblätter</em> (1920): 121.) Of Hausrath's other books mention should be made of <em>Weltverbesserer im Mittelalter</em> (3 vols., 1891-95), and the novel, <em>Die Albigenserin</em> (1902). <em>Klytia</em> was reprinted after [[World War (1914-1918)|World War I]] by [[Krehbiel, Henry Peter (1862-1940)|H. P. Krehbiel]] at [[Newton (Kansas, USA)|Newton]], [[Kansas (USA)|Kansas]].
= Bibliography =
Hege, Christian and Christian Neff. <em>Mennonitisches Lexikon</em>, 4 vols. Frankfurt &amp; Weierhof: Hege; Karlsruhe: Schneider, 1913-1967: v. II, 268.
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