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a Protestant theologian of Germany, was born Oct. 10, 1794, at Besigheim. He studied at Tubingen, was in 1822 pastor at Notzingen, and accepted in 1839 a call to Kemnath, near Stuttgart, where he died, Oct. 3, 1856. He is the author of, Christliches Hausbuchlein, of which 80,000 copies were sold. Besides, he wrote some hymns, which are still found in German hymn-books. See Knapp, Leichenrede mit Lebensslauf (Stuttgart, 1856); Koch, Geschichte des deutschen Kirchenliedes, 7:43. (B. P.)