a Protestant theologian of Germany, was born May 15, 1763, at Scharnebeck, in Luneburg. He studied at Gottingen, some time lectured in the Gbttingen University, and was called, in 1792, as professor of theology at Rostock. He died April 24, 1809, leaving, De Mimis Romanorum Commentatio (Gottingen, 1788): — Vollstandige Einleitung in den Brief an die Hebraer (ibid. 1791): — Progr. Adit. Historia Dogmatis de Redemptione, etc. (ibid. eod.): — Beitrage zur Geschichte des Glaubens an das Daseyn Gottes in der Theologie (ibid 1792). See Doring, Die gelehrten Theologen Deutschlands, 4:798 sq.; Winer, Handbuch der theol. Lit. 1:32, 90, 211, 572, 596, 599, 610; Furst, Bibl. Jud. 3:551. (B.P.)