a Lutheran theologian of Germany, was born November 11, 1745, at Rostock In 1769 he was university preacher in his native place in 1771 professor of theology, in 1777 pastor priroar (s at Hamburg, and died January 13, 1801. He wrote, De Cognitione Dei Rerumque Divinar um Analogica (Gottingen, 1769): — De Concordia Rationis et Fidei (ibid. 1770): — Abriss der Vorlesungen uber die Dogmatik (ibid. 1771): — Diss. Inaug. Selecta (ibid. 1776). See Doring. Die gelehrten Theologen Deutschlands, s.v. (B.P.)