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a Lutheran hymn-writer, was born November 19, 1627, at Lubeck; and died at Nuremberg, December 20, 1694. Some of his hymns are still to be found in German hymn-books. See Molleri, Cimbria Litterata, 1:178-184; Wezel, Hymnopaeographia, 1:227-233; Jocher, Allgemeines Gelehrten- Lexikon, s.v.; Koch, Geschichte des deutschen Kirchenliedes, 3:526 sq. (B.P.)