a Protestant theologian of Germany, was born Feb. 26, 1708, at Ilmenau. He studied at Jena, but on account of his poor health gave himself entirely to the study of philology and Church history, and accepted a call to the ducal library at Weimar, where he died, Feb. 1, 1776. He published, Acta Historico-ecclesiastica (pt. 96-120. Weimar, 1753-58): — Nova Acta. Historico-ecclesiastica (ibid. 1758-72, 11 vols.). See Jocher, Allgemeines Gelehrten-Lexikon, s.v.; Winer, Handbuch der theol. Lit. i, 580. (B. P.)