Johann Gottlieb Faber
Johann Gottlieb Faber (born March 8, 1717 in Stuttgart , † March 18, 1779 in Stuttgart) was a Protestant theologian from Württemberg.
Live and act
Johann Gottlieb Faber studied in Tübingen from 1733, became vicar in Stuttgart in 1744 and pastor in Dusslingen in 1746 , professor of history, eloquence and poetry in Tübingen , 1752 extraordinary, 1755 full professor of theology, 1767 consistorial councilor and prelate , 1773 also chief preacher in Stuttgart .
In addition to theological dissertations and sermons, he published poems and treatises in unrestricted writing in 1753. The Tübingen humanist David Christoph Seybold (1747–1804) praises him for having created “a small private company in Tübingen that believed it was necessary and good, too to cultivate one's mother tongue ”.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Reinhold Scholl: The portrait collection of the University of Tübingen, 1477 to 1927. Writings of the Verein für Württembergische Familienkunde, volume 2, published by K. Ad. Emil Müller, Stuttgart, 1927.
- ↑ Julius Hartmann: Faber, Johann Gottlieb . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 6, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1877, p. 496.
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Faber, Johann Gottlieb |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Protestant theologian from Württemberg |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 8, 1717 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Stuttgart |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 18, 1779 |
| Place of death | Stuttgart |