David Clément (clergyman, 1701)
David Clément , the Younger (born June 16, 1701 in Hofgeismar ; † January 10, 1760 in Hanover ) was a German Reformed pastor and bibliographer .
Life
David Clément the Elder J. was born in 1701 in the north Hessian Hofgeismar as the son of clergyman David Clément the Elder. Ä. († 1725) born. In the course of the repeal of the Edict of Nantes in 1685, he fled France over several stops to Hofgeismar. Clément studied theology in Rinteln , Marburg and Bremen and then from 1722 helped his father in the parish. In 1725 he succeeded him as the owner of the pastor's office.
Activity in Braunschweig
In 1735 he followed a call from the French Reformed community in Braunschweig . His election was confirmed by Duke Ferdinand Albrecht II on August 20th. The following day, Clément gave his inaugural sermon in Braunschweig's Bartholomäuskirche . During his tenure in Braunschweig, he promoted youth education. In 1736 he worked out a lesson plan for the community's newly appointed teacher. In 1743 a synod of the Lower Saxony Confederation of French and German Reformed Congregations took place in Braunschweig, with Clément acting as secretary. His first wife Amélie Valescure died in Braunschweig.
Activity in Hanover
Presumably due to financial circumstances, Clément left Braunschweig at the end of 1743 and went to Hanover, where he took up the parish of the French Reformed congregation in April 1744. There he married his second wife Elis Combes in 1753. David Clément died on January 10, 1760 in Hanover.
In Hanover, Clément wrote an extensive, but unfinished bibliographic work in nine parts under the title Bibliothèque curieuse historique et critique, ou Catalog raisonné de livres difficiles à trouver .
literature
- Birgit Hoffmann: Clement, David . In: Horst-Rüdiger Jarck , Dieter Lent et al. (Ed.): Braunschweigisches Biographisches Lexikon - 8th to 18th century . Appelhans Verlag, Braunschweig 2006, ISBN 3-937664-46-7 , p. 151 .
- Jakob Franck : Clement, David . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 4, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1876, p. 318 f.
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- His father, David Clément the Elder. (* 1646 in Villaret, † January 29, 1725 in Hofgeismar), was the first pastor of the French Reformed parish at the Neustädter Church in Hofgeismar
- Huguenots and Waldensians in and around Hofgeismar
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Clement, David |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German pastor and bibliographer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 16, 1701 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hofgeismar |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 10, 1760 |
| Place of death | Hanover |