Henry Hardy Heins was an American

United States

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 Lutheran minister, historian and bibliographer. He was born on Long Island

Long Island

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 and received degrees from Hartwick College

Hartwick College

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 and Gettysburg Theological Seminary

Lutheran Theological Seminary at Gettysburg

The Lutheran Theological Seminary at Gettysburg is America's oldest Lutheran seminary and a site of 1863 Battle of Gettysburg military engagements.-History:...

. He was ordained a Lutheran minister in 1948 and served at parishes in the upstate New York

New York

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 towns of Central Bridge, Liberty

Liberty (town), New York

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 and Albany

Albany, New York

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. Heins wrote books on history and a bibliography of Edgar Rice Burroughs

Edgar Rice Burroughs

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, after collecting and studying his works for over 30 years. He died on in Albany at the age of 79.

Works

• Throughout All the Years (1946)
• Numeral Cancellations of the British Empire (1959)
• A Golden Anniversary Bibliography of Edgar Rice Burroughs
  A Golden Anniversary Bibliography of Edgar Rice Burroughs
  A Golden Anniversary Bibliography of Edgar Rice Burroughs is a bibliography of the works of Edgar Rice Burroughs by Henry Hardy Heins. It was first published by Donald M. Grant, Publisher, Inc. in an edition of 1,000 copies. The book was revised from a mimeograph edition that Heins had produced...
  
  (1964)
• Swan of Albany (1976)