a Lutheran theologian of Germany, was born October 19, 1712, in Saxony. He studied at Leipsic, was in 1737 con-rector at Gera, in 1742 rector and professor, and died October 21, 1782, doctor of theology. He wrote, Historia Linguae Hebraeae (Leipsic, 1752): — Progr. VII ad Zachariah 9:17 (Gera, 1756): — Hebraici Sermonis Elementa cum Illius Historia (Jena, 1760): — Programm uber das Altera der Vocale (1777). See Furst, Bibl. Jud. 1:367; Steinschneider, Bibl. Handbuch, s.v.; Meusel, Gelehrtes Deutschland; Jocher, Allgemeines Gelehrten-Lexikon, s.v. (B.P.)