a German divine of note. was born at Grimmen, in Pomerania, in 1781; studied theology at Greifswalde and Jena; in 1811 became rector of the city school at Greifswalde; in 1813 entered the pastorate, and gained a name universally honored and revered. He was made councillor of the Consistory after having removed to Stralsund about 1830, and died July 6, 1841. Besides several secular publications, we have from his pen Ulrich Hutten's Jugendleben (Greifsw. 1816): — Hymnologische Forschungen (ibid. 1831-32, 2 volumes).