a Lutheran theologian, was born in 1815 at Wurzen, Saxony. In 1841 he was deacon at Meissen, in 1853 church counsellor at Dresden, in 1866 first court-preacher there, and died July 17, 1873, doctor of theology. Langbein was-one of the most prominent preachers of Germany, and the author of many volumes of sermons and ascetical works. Of the latter we mention, Die Reise aus dem irdischen nach dem himmlischen Vaterhause (3d ed. Leipsic, 1869): — Tagliche Erquickung aus dem Heilsbrunnenu (2d ed. 1866): — Der christliche Glaube nach dem Bekenntniss der lutherischen Kirche (1873). See Zuchold, Bibl. Theol. 2:763 sq. (B.P.)