Jaroslav Pelikan

Jaroslav Pelikan
Born
Jaroslav Jan Pelikan

(1923-12-17)December 17, 1923
Akron, Ohio, US
DiedMay 13, 2006(2006-05-13) (aged 82)
Hamden, Connecticut, US
Spouse
Sylvia Burica
(m. 1946)
Academic background
Education
ThesisLuther and the Confessio Bohemica of 1535 (1946)
Doctoral advisorWilhelm Pauck
Academic work
Discipline
  • History
  • theology
Sub-discipline
Institutions
Doctoral students
Notable studentsMark McIntosh
Robert Moynihan
Notable worksThe Christian Tradition (1971–1989)
InfluencedPhilip Hefner
Signature

Jaroslav Jan Pelikan Jr. (/ˈjɑːrəslɑːv ˈpɛlɪkən/; December 17, 1923 – May 13, 2006) was an American scholar of the history of Christianity, Christian theology, and medieval intellectual history at Yale University.