Kampfschulte, Franz Wilhelm

Kampfschulte, Franz Wilhelm a Roman Catholic theologian of Germany, was born November 12, 1831, at Wickede, in Westphalia. He studied at Paderborn, Miinster, and Berlin, took the degree of doctor of philosophy in 1859, and commenced his academical career in Bonn, where he was also made professor in 1861. He died December 3, 1872, a member of the Old Catholic Church. He published, De Georgio Wicelio (Paderborn, 1856): — Die Universitdt Erfurt in ihrem Verhaltniss zur Reformation (Treves, 1858-60, 2 volumes): — De Joanne Croto Rubiano (Bonn, 1862): — Zur Geschichte des Mittelalters (ibid. 1864): — Johann Calvin, seine Kirche und sein Staat in Genf (Leipsic, 1869, volume 1). See Zuchold, Bibl. Theol. 1:644; Literarischer Handweiser fur das katholische Deutschland, 1871, col. 111 sq.; 1873, col. 171 sq. (B.P.)