a Protestant theologian of Germany, was born at Stammford, near Calw, July 4,1731. He studied at Tubingen, entered upon his ministerial duties in 1757, and died at Stuttgart, January 3, 1792. He published, Diss. XII Postrema Commata Marci XVI Esse Genuina (Tubingen, 1753): — Der Christam Sabbath (1763-64, 3 volumes; 2d ed. 1778): — De Poesi Sacra Ebraeorum (1768): — De Motibus Terrae in Sacra Scriptura Allegatis (1783): — De Re Educatoria Primorum Christianorum (1784): — Die Alterthumer der Christen (1785). See Doring, Die gelehrten Theologen Deutschlands, s.v. (B.P.)