Johann Jakob Mesmer
Johann Jakob Mesmer, portrait by Anton Graff
Johann Jakob Mesmer (born February 29, 1740 in Arbon on Lake Constance, † June 24, 1814 in Dresden ) was a Swiss preacher in Dresden.
history
Mesmer first worked in Arbon and Lausanne . After a trip through France, he worked as a Reformed preacher in Geneva from 1765 . In 1766 he was convened by the Dresden Huguenots and from 1767 was the first German-speaking, Reformed preacher in Dresden.
Publications
- Collection of some sermons on selected texts of St. Font, Schafhausen 1769, size 8. second edition. Frankfurt u. Leipzig 1775
literature
- Étienne François, Peter Schöttler, Patrice Veit: Allemagne plurielle , 1999, p. 180
- Georg Christoph Hamberger , Johann Georg Meusel , Johann Wilhelm Sigismund Lindner: The learned Teutschland or lexicon of the now living German writers . Volume 18 (Ed. Johann Samuel Ed. ), 5th edition, Lemgo published by Meyerschen Hof-Buchhandlung Verlag 1821, p. 683.
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| SURNAME | Mesmer, Johann Jakob |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss preacher in Dresden |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 29, 1740 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Arbon on Lake Constance |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 24, 1814 |
| Place of death | Dresden |