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a Protestant theologian of Germany, was born November 19, 1812. He commenced his academical career at Halle in 1842, was professor there in 1849, in 1856 court-preacher and member of consistory at Gotha, and died March 25, 1885, doctor of theology. According to his own request, Schwarz's body was cremated. He published, De Sancta Trinitate, etc. (Halle, 1842): — Das Wesen der Religion (1847): — Lessing als Theolog. (1854): — Zur Geschichte der neueren Theologie (4th ed. 1869): — Predigten aus der Gegenvwart (1859-79, 7 volumes). Schwarz was the leader of the so-called liberal theologians of Germany. See Zuchold, Bibl. Theol. s.v. (B.P.)