a Protestant theologian of Germany, was born September 3, 1757. at Glickstadt. In 1794 he was called as pastor primarius to Husum, in 1798 as court-preacher to Gluckstadt, in 1805 as doctor and professor of theology to Rinteln, and died, June 26, 1812. He wrote, Was soll der Candidat der Theologie wissen? (Altdorf, 1800): — Versuch eines Lehrbuchs der allgemeinen Katechetik uend Didaktik, etc. (Lemgo, 1807, 1808): — Fragen uber liturgische Gegenstande, etc. (Hamburg, 1792): — Predigten (ibid. 1791-97, 3 volumes): — Geistliche Reden (Altona, 1791): — Menschenlehen und Schicksal (Rinteln, 1808): — Religionslehrbuch (Hamburg, 1811): — Liturgisches Handbuch (Marburg, 1806). See Winer, Handbuch der theol. Lit. 2:45, 51, 69, 76, 126, 132, 141, 163, 174, 175, 199, 202, 237, 280, 330, 360, 364. (B.P.)