a Lutheran theologian of Germany, was born at Elberfeld, November 19, 1800. He studied at Heidelberg and Berlin; was for some time assistant to the Lutheran pastor of his native place, and accepted a call to Nymwegen, in Holland, in 1823. In 1828 he was called to Wupperfeld, and died January 8, 1844. He wrote, Die Zeitenlinie der heiligen Schrift (Frankfort, 1831): — Ueber die Jahre der Geburt und Auferstehung unseres Herrn (ibid. 1832): — Die Volkertafel der Genesis (Elberfeld, 1837): — Gnomen zur Geschichte des vier Weltalter (Barmen, 1840): — Christliche Gedichte (ibid. eod.): — Feierklange (ibid.). See Koch, Geschichte des deutschen Kirchenliedes, 7:197 sq.; Zuchold, Bibl. Theol. 1:352. (B.P.)