a famous German historian, was born at Hanover, March 28, 1795. In 1823 he was secretary of the royal archives at Hanover, in 1842 head- librarian at Berlin, and he died at Munich, October 7, 1876. He edited Leibniz-gesammelte Werke (Hanover, 1843 sq.), and published Ueber Leibnizen's kirchliches,Glaubensbekenntnuiss (Berlin, 1846): — Ueber die gedruckten Ablassbriefe von 1454 und 1455 (1857). See Zuchold, Bibl. Theol. 2:984. (B.P.)