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Christian Frederick Hamff

Birth
Paige, Bastrop County, Texas, USA
Death
26 Jan 1961 (aged 79)
LaGrange, Troup County, Georgia, USA
Burial
Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, USA Add to Map
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Buried in Westview Cemetery, Atlanta.

The Atlanta Constitution (Atlanta, Georgia), 27 January 1961, Friday

Dr. Hamff Dies; Emory Ex-Professor
Dr. Christian Frederick Hamff, 79. of 490 Emory Cir., NE, who until his retirement 11 years ago was chairman of the German department at Emory University, died Thursday of a heart attack on the campus of LaGrange College. He was an instructor there.

Dr. Hamff, a native of Paige Tex., attended Southwestern University in Texas, and did graduate work at the University of the South, University of Lleipzig and the University of California. He was a member of the Carl Schurz Foundation and a past president of the South Atlantic Modern Language Association. He had been chairman of the German Department 32 years.

He is survived by his wife; sons, Dr. L. Harvey Hamff, Atlanta, and Christian F. Hamff Jr., Birmingham; daughter, Miss Elizabeth Hamff, Atlanta; sister, Mrs Anna Behrens, Houston, Tex., and brother, Albert Hamff, Kingsville, Texas.
Buried in Westview Cemetery, Atlanta.

The Atlanta Constitution (Atlanta, Georgia), 27 January 1961, Friday

Dr. Hamff Dies; Emory Ex-Professor
Dr. Christian Frederick Hamff, 79. of 490 Emory Cir., NE, who until his retirement 11 years ago was chairman of the German department at Emory University, died Thursday of a heart attack on the campus of LaGrange College. He was an instructor there.

Dr. Hamff, a native of Paige Tex., attended Southwestern University in Texas, and did graduate work at the University of the South, University of Lleipzig and the University of California. He was a member of the Carl Schurz Foundation and a past president of the South Atlantic Modern Language Association. He had been chairman of the German Department 32 years.

He is survived by his wife; sons, Dr. L. Harvey Hamff, Atlanta, and Christian F. Hamff Jr., Birmingham; daughter, Miss Elizabeth Hamff, Atlanta; sister, Mrs Anna Behrens, Houston, Tex., and brother, Albert Hamff, Kingsville, Texas.


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