a Lutheran theologian of Germany, was born Oct. 14, 1694, at Dresden. He studied at Wittenberg, was appointed deacon at Oederan in 1726, pastor at Dobeln in 1733, superintendent at Rochlitz in 1735, where he died, June 25,, 1743, having in 1737 been honored with the doctorate of divinity by the Wittenberg University. He wrote, Toglicher Denkzettel in, geistlichen Betrachtungyen: Disputatio de Divina Essentia num Masculinumet Famininum Admittat: De intellectu Humano contra Jo. Lockium. See a NeueZeitungen von gelehrten Sachen; Jocher, Allgemeines Gelehrten-Lexikon, s.v. (B. P.)