Johann Ferdinand Seiz

Johann Ferdinand Seiz (born January 5, 1738 in Lombach , † September 23, 1793 in Sindelfingen ) was a German Protestant theologian and poet of Pietism .

Life

Seiz, son of pastor Georg Seiz († 1763), attended a monastery school in Denkendorf from 1752 , two years later he went to a school in Maulbronn and for another two years, i.e. 1756, he went to the Evangelical Monastery in Tübingen , where he received his master's degree in 1758 and was repetent in 1766 . In the same year he was appointed deacon in Besigheim , where he married the youngest daughter of Friedrich Christoph Oetinger . In 1790 Johann Seiz became pastor in Sindelfingen , where he died of a serious illness at the age of 55.

Eduard Emil Koch : History of the hymn
unknown author: Seiz, Johann Ferdinand . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 33, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1891, p. 667.

personal data
SURNAME	Seiz, Johann Ferdinand
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German Protestant theologian and poet of Pietism
DATE OF BIRTH	January 5, 1738
PLACE OF BIRTH	Lombach
DATE OF DEATH	September 23, 1793
Place of death	Sindelfingen