a Protestant theologian of Germany, was born January 6, 1742, at Hoyersdorf, near Dessau, studied at Halle, was rector and chaplain in 1764, preacher at Alten in 1772, and in 1780 at Mehringen. He died July 20, 1814, leaving Naemann Syrus, Illustrandum (Bremen, 1774): — Theologische Nebenstunden ( Dessau, 1798-1805): — Ueber die Beschaffenheit des kunftigen Lebens nach dem Tode, aus Ansichten der Bibel (ibid. 1809-11, 2 volumes). See Doring, Die gelehrten Theologen Deutschlands; Winer, Handbuch der theol. Lit. 1:475; 2:51. (B.P.)