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a Lutheran theologian of Germany, was born at Tubingen, December 24, 1758, where he also prepared himself for the ministry. In 1793 lie was appointed deacon at Goppingen; in 1794, assistant at Stuttgart; in 1819, pastor at Mossingen; and in 1824 again at Stuttgart, as 'archdeancon' at the Stiftskirche. In 1825 he became pastor at St. Leonhard, and died March 19, 1837. His writings, mostly ascetical braochiures, are enumerated in Zuchold, Bibl. Theol. 1:258, 260. See also Winer, Handbuch der theol. Lit. 2:257, 332, 367, 374; Herzog; Real-Encyklop. s.v.; Hofacker, Denkmal der Liebe (Stuttgart, 1837); Albert Klnapp, in his Christoterpe (1847); M.A. Knapp, Sechs Lebenasbilder (1875). (B.P.).