Magnus Crusius
Magnus Crusius (born January 10, 1697 in Schleswig , † January 6, 1751 in Harburg, today Hamburg-Harburg ) was a German Protestant theologian .
Life
Crusius studied theology in Kiel , partly as a scholarship holder of the Schaß Foundation. After completing his studies, he worked as a tutor for the mayor of Lübeck, Heinrich von Brömbsen, and as a supervisor in the library of his relative Magnus von Wedderkop in Hamburg. After a short time in Copenhagen, he went to Paris in 1723 as a legation preacher with the Holstein ambassador Gottfried von Wedderkop (1693–1741). In 1728 he went to Paris again, this time as the companion of the envoy Christian Thomesen Sehested and undertook a research trip from Paris to London and Oxford. In the following years he lived as a preacher in his native Schleswig-Holstein (in Bramstedt and Rendsburg). In 1735 he received a call from the newly founded University of Göttingen to the second professorship for theology, which he accepted. Here Crusius taught and researched for twelve years before he came to Harburg as General Superintendent of the General Diocese of Harburg , Consistorial Counselor and Chief Preacher . He died here on January 6, 1751, shortly before he was 54 years old.
literature
- Eduard Alberti : Crusius, Magnus . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 4, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1876, p. 633.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Crusius, Magnus |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Cruse, Magnus |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German Protestant theologian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 10, 1697 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Schleswig (city) |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 6, 1751 |
| Place of death | Harburg |