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a Reformed theologian of Germany, was born in 1640 at Dantzic. He studied at Heidelberg and Groningen, and in 1665 was appointed professor of Greek and philosophy at Herborn. In 1674 he was called to Marburg, where he died, Jan. 6, 1699. His numerous writings are given by Jocher and Adelung, as well as in Niedner's Hessische Gelehrtengeschichte, 1, 44 sq. See also Tholuck, Akademisches Leben des 17ten Jahrhunderts, 2, 293; Allgenmeine deutsche Biographie, s.v. (B. P.)