a Swiss theologian, was born at Frauenfeld, Switzerland, in 1799. In 1830 he was rector of the city-school of his birthplace, in 1853 pastor at Gottlieben, in 1870 at Winterthur, and died at Zurich, October 17, 1877. He is the author of, Die schwoeizerische Literatur des achtzehlnfen Jahrhunderts (Leipsic, 1961): — Bilder aus dem kirchlichen Leben der Schweiz (1864): — Ulrich Zwingli nach den urkundlichen Quellen (1867- 69, 2 volumes): — Johann Jacob Breitinger (Zurich, 1874): — Geschichte der evangelischen Fluchtlinge in der Schweiz (1876). See Lichtenberger, Encyclop. des Sciences Religieuses, s.v. (B.P.)