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Goettingen (or Gottingen)

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

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Goettingen (or Gottingen)

a town of Prussia, with 12,674 inhabitants (in 1864). It is the neat of a celebrated German university (Georgia Augusta), wbich was founded in 1733 by king George II of England, and opened in 1737, and which numbered, in 1868; 106 teachers and 805 students. The library of the university contains over 360,000 volummes and 5000 MSS. Among the best-known theological professors of the university belong Gieseler (q.v), Lttcke (q.v.), and Eusald. See P tter, Versuch einer akadem. Gelehrtengesch. des Universit t G ttingen (2 volumes, Goett. 1765-88; continued by Saalfeld, Hamb. 1820; and by Osterley, Goett. 1838). (A.J.S.)

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McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Goettingen (or Gottingen)'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​tce/​g/goettingen-or-gottingen.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
 
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