author
Carl E. Koppenhaver
A Lutheran minister who wrote clear, accessible religious biography, he is best known for a concise life of Martin Luther that has continued to circulate through public-domain and audiobook editions.
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Martin Luther
by Carl E. Koppenhaver
About the author
Born in 1915 and remembered as the Reverend Carl E. Koppenhaver, he was an American clergyman whose writing reached readers through straightforward works of Christian history and biography.
His best-known book is Martin Luther, a mid-20th-century biography that introduced general readers to the reformer’s life and influence in an approachable style. The book has remained visible through Project Gutenberg and LibriVox, which helped keep his work available to new audiences.
Koppenhaver died in 2000. Publicly available sources about his life are limited, so many personal details are not easy to confirm; what stands out most clearly is his role as a minister and religious writer with a lasting niche audience.