Gustav Albert John

Gustav Albert John (born September 25, 1808 in Stapelburg , † November 7, 1873 in Quedlinburg ) was a German Protestant clergyman.

Life

John was the son of the pastor in Stapelburg Christian Friedrich John (1756-1815) and his second wife Sophie Philippine Jakobi. From 1818 to 1823 he attended the Lyceum in Wernigerode and then until 1827 the Ilfeld pedagogy . He studied theology at the University of Halle from 1827 to 1829 and then went to the University of Berlin , where he successfully passed the exam as a theologian in 1831. He then worked privately as a candidate for a few years. In 1836 he was given the position of informator with Count Anton zu Stolberg-Wernigerode , which he held until 1840. In the same year, after his ordination, he was appointed pastor in Ampfurth . Also in 1840, John married Caroline Auguste Marie Bollmann in Magdeburg . In January 1852 he moved to Neinstedt as pastor , where he served until his retirement on October 15, 1873. John was also active as a composer.

Fonts

• The pastor König von Anderbeck or the new Marshal Vorwärts, illuminated in thoughtful remarks about his right-wing position , Magdeburg 1844.
• Faithful and detailed news of Dr Martin Luther's blissful departure and the Christian funeral, together with an appendix containing some of his last sermons for the three-hundred-year commemoration of his death on February 18, 1846 , Magdeburg, Falckenberg and Comp. 1846.
• Brief message of Dr Martin Luther's blissful departure and Christian funeral, ibid. 1846.
• Preussenlied by H. Möwes, formerly Pastor zu Altenhausen and Ivenrode, composed for a voice with accompaniment of the pianoforte by GA John.
• All kinds of essays and poems in the Hallisches Volksblatt for town and country.

literature

• Christian Friedrich Kesslin: News from writers and artists in the county of Wernigerode from 1074 to 1855 . Scientific association in Wernigerode. Gebrüder Bänsch, Magdeburg 1856. p. 237 ( online ).
• Association for pastors in the Evangelical Church of the Church Province of Saxony e. V. (Hrsg.): Pastors' book of the ecclesiastical province of Saxony . Vol. 4: Biograms He – Kl. Evangelische Verlagsanstalt, Leipzig 2006. (p. 418).