a Lutheran theologian of Germany, was born December 27, 1758, at Neuenkirchen, in Mecklenburg-Strelitz. He studied at Gottingen, was in 1778 con-rector at the gymnasium in Prentzlau, in 1781 rector of the cathedral-school at Ratzeburg, and in 1810 superintendent of the Gistrcov diocese. He died April 13, 1828, leaving Der Brief Pauli an die Romer (Stendal, 1789): — Progr. in qua Ratione ad Reliquos de Libri Hagiographorum (Rostock, 1797). See Doring, Die gelehrten Theologen Deutschlands, 1:466 sq. (B.P.)