Johann Georg Heinrich Oelrichs

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Johann Georg Heinrich Oelrichs (* 1728 in Berlin ; † July 2, 1799 ) was a German Reformed preacher .

Life

Oelrich's father was the Reformed preacher Friedrich (* 1687), who originally lived in Bremen , but then moved to Berlin and died in 1732. Oelrichs also had a well-known brother, the historian Johann Carl Conrad Oelrichs .

Oelrichs initially worked as the second preacher of the Friedrichswerder Church . In 1783 he went to Cottbus , where he became court master and inspector.

Oelrichs wrote a travelogue and translated from French and English .

Works

  • G. Littleton's Conversations of the Deceased; from the English (Berlin 1761)
  • Description of the Grand Duke's journey to Berlin and back (Berlin 1776)

literature

  • Johann Georg Meusel : Oelrichs (Johann Karl Konrad) . In: Lexicon of the German writers who died from 1750 to 1800 . Vol. 10, Gerhard Fleischer the Younger, Leipzig 1810, p. 171 ( online )
personal data
SURNAME Oelrichs, Johann Georg Heinrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Reformed preacher
DATE OF BIRTH 1728
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin
DATE OF DEATH July 2, 1799