C. F. W. Walther
FOUNDING PRESIDENT OF THE LUTHERAN CHURCH--MISSOURI SYNOD, LUTHERAN THEOLOGIAN, PUBLISHER
Carl Ferdinand Wilhelm Walther; C.F.W. Walther; CFW Walther; C. F.W. Walther; C F W Walther; Carl F. W. Walther; Walther League
Carl Ferdinand Wilhelm Walther (October 25, 1811 – May 7, 1887) was a German-American Lutheran minister. He was the first president of the Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod (LCMS) and its most influential theologian.