a Lutheran theologian of Germany, was born August 14, 1693, at Stuttgart. He studied at Tubingen, and travelled through Switzerland, France, England, Holland, and Germany. In 1724 he was appointed professor at Tubingen, and in 1730 was made doctor of divinity. He died January 20, 1752. He wrote, De Foedere Legali clum Adamo Inito (Tubingen, 1719): — De Praecipuis Bibliothecis Parisiensibus (Cambridge, 1720; Leipsic, 1721): — De Recta Theologiam Naturalem Tradendi Ratione (Tubingen, 1730): — De Fide Hcereticis Servanda (ibid. 1741-42): — In Locum Ecclesiastes 3:19-21 (ibid. 1743). See Ddring, Die gelehrten Theologen Deutschlnands, s.v. (B.P.)