A Lutheran theologian of Germany, was born at Gluickstadt, Feb. 20, 1777. In 1817 he was appointed pastor at Schles.wig and provost at Hiitten, and died in 1852. He wrote, Kurzer Abriss des Wissenswurdigsten, etc. (Altona, 1810; 3d ed. 1843) :-Kurzer Abriss der Religions philosophie (Kiel, '1802) :-Handbuch zum Gebrauch nachdenkender Christen beim Lesen des Neuen Test. (1812-14, 2 vols.) :-Kurzer Abriss einerpopularen undpractischen Glaubenslehre (Schleswig, 1852). See Winer, Handbuch der theol. Lit. ii, 16, 216, 246, 303, 391; Zuchold, Bibl. Theol. i, 210 sq. (B. P.)