Adolph Preiss (clergyman)
Adolph Preiss (born June 9, 1762 in Neuhausen (Valtaiķi) near Hasenpoth , Kurland ; † November 20, 1832 in Libau ) was a German-Baltic Lutheran clergyman.
Preiss, son of the clergyman Jakob Preiss (1729–1791), attended grammar school in Mitau and studied theology at the University of Göttingen . From 1790 he succeeded his father as a German preacher in Libau and from 1810 to 1818 provost of the Grobin diocese .
literature
- General encyclopedia of writers and scholars of the provinces of Livonia, Esthland and Courland . Vol. 3, Mitau 1831, pp. 444-445 (Google Books) .
- Words of memory of Adolph Friedrich Jakob Preiss for 41 years Pastor primarius ... zu Libau, ... died November 20, 1832. Libau 1833.
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|---|---|
| SURNAME | Preiss, Adolph |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German-Baltic Lutheran clergyman |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 9, 1762 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Neuhausen , Courland |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 20, 1832 |
| Place of death | Libau |