Georg Johann Theodor Lau

Georg Johann Theodor Lau (born July 11, 1813 in Schleswig , † December 20, 1873 in Hamburg-Ottensen ) was a German Protestant clergyman and church historian .

Life

After Georg Johann Theodor Lau, who was born in Schleswig on July 11, 1813, had attended a grammar school in his home town, he moved to Kiel University to study theology in 1832 . In 1836 he began working as a private tutor and passed his official theological examination two years later. For the next five years he worked again as a private tutor, in 1843 he became an assistant pastor in Hattstedt and Schobüll . Three years later he was transferred as pastor to Brunsbüttel and in 1855 to Hamburg-Ottensen. He died there on December 20, 1873 at the age of 60.

Lau was a member of the historical-theological society in Leipzig .

Works

• The Refugees (1841)
• Gregory I the Great, after his life and his teaching (Leipzig 1845)
• History of the introduction and spread of the Reformation in the duchies of Schleswig and Holstein up to the end of the 16th century (Hamburg 1867)

literature

• Carsten Erich Carstens :  Lau, Georg Johann Theodor . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 18, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1883, p. 20 f.
• Otto Kähler : Pastor Georg Lau - a Schleswig-Holstein church historian . In: Writings of the Association for Schleswig-Holstein Church History . Row II. Volume 10 , no. 1 , 1949, ISSN  0342-2097 , p. 155-159 .