a Swiss theologian, was born at Zurich, April 25, 1677. He studied at his native place and at Leyden. was in 1702 professor of biblical literature at Zurich, and died August 4, 1731. He wrote, Exegesis Philologico- Theologica Psalmi 16: — De Dependentia Creaturaea Deo in Esse, Fieri et Operari: — Exercitat Bibl. ad Jac. 4:5: — De Sacra Pauli Mathematica ad Ephesians 3:18 : — De Satutis non Bonis ad Ezekiel 20:25 : — Typus Theologiae Naturalis. See Jocher, Allgemeines Gelehrten-Lexikon, s.v. (B.P.)