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a Protestant theologian of Germany, was born Aug. 30, 1747, at Bofzen, in Brunswick. He studied at Helmstadt and Gottingen, and was in 1775 appointed provost of St. Laurence at Schininigen, near Helmstadt. In 1778 he was called to Magdeburg, and in 1787 he succeeded Gotze as pastor at St. Catharine's, in Hamburg, where he also died, Dec. 7, 1795. His publications, consisting mainly of sermons, are given by Doring, Die deutschen Kanzelredner, s.v. (B. P.)