Andreas Gottfried Schmidt

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Andreas Gottfried Schmidt (born August 8, 1794 in Thurau , Principality of Anhalt-Köthen ; † 1851 ) was a Reformed pastor in Anhalt-Köthen and the author of literary encyclopedias.

Life

Andreas Gottfried Schmidt first went to school with his father, the teacher Johann Andreas Schmidt. From 1809 he attended the secondary school of the orphanage in Halle . From 1815 to 1817 he studied theology at the University of Halle . During and afterwards he worked as a teacher.

In 1820 Schmidt became a preacher in Diebzig . From 1824 he was pastor at the reformed town church St. Johannis in Nienburg and from 1829 in Prosigk .

From 1849 to 1851 he was possibly the deputy of the member of Nienburg for the second unified state parliament of Anhalt-Dessau and Anhalt-Köthen .

Fonts

Andreas Gottfried Schmidt published two literary encyclopedias as well as some theological texts.

  • Anhalt'sches Writer's Lexicon , Bernburg 1830 Digitized Digitized
  • Gallery of German pseudonymous writers excellent of the last decade: A contribution to the latest literary history , Grimma 1840 Digitalisat e

literature

  • Andreas Gottfried Schmidt: Anhalt's writers' lexicon. Bernburg 1830. p. 368 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ State and address calendar 1851 Anhalt-Dessau and Köthen p. 49 names a pastor Schmidt for Nienburg. Andreas Gottfried Schmidt had been in Prosigk since 1829, but it is not known whether he came back to Nienburg afterwards. Another person with this name would be possible, possibly a son
personal data
SURNAME Schmidt, Andreas Gottfried
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Reformed pastor in Anhalt-Köthen and author of writers' encyclopedias
DATE OF BIRTH August 8, 1794
PLACE OF BIRTH Thurau , Principality of Anhalt-Köthen
DATE OF DEATH 1851