Johann Friedrich Karl Gurlitt

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Johann Friedrich Karl Gurlitt (born November 28, 1802 in Hamburg , † June 25, 1864 in Billwerder an der Bille ) was a German Lutheran theologian .

Life

Gurlitt studied at the learned school of the Johanneum and the Academic Gymnasium in Hamburg , both of which were under the direction of his distant relative Johann Gottfried Gurlitt . He attended the universities of Halle and Berlin and took the theological candidate exam in Hamburg in 1826. At the same time he became a teacher at the Johanneum, in 1829 the catechist of the labor and penitentiary , the Hamburg prison. On January 12, 1833, he was appointed pastor to Billwerder an der Bille. Despite the rather remote pastor's position, Gurlitt was not without influence as a theologian. He wrote a large number of theological treatises, which he particularly found in theological studies and reviews published.

Gurlitt left behind his wife and six children.

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SURNAME Gurlitt, Johann Friedrich Karl
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German theologian
DATE OF BIRTH November 28, 1802
PLACE OF BIRTH Hamburg
DATE OF DEATH June 25, 1864
Place of death Billwerder on the Bille