Wilhelm Böhmer (theologian)

Georg Wilhelm Böhmer

Georg Rudolf Wilhelm Böhmer (born March 5, 1800 in Burg (near Magdeburg) , † November 25, 1863 in Breslau ) was a Protestant theologian.

Life

Wilhelm Böhmer attended the Joachimsthalsche Gymnasium in Berlin from 1814 to 1819 . He then studied at Berlin University and completed his habilitation there in the theological faculty in 1824. In 1825 he became an associate professor of theology at the University of Greifswald . From 1828 to 1829 he taught on behalf of August Tholuck at the University of Halle . After his return he returned to Greifswald and became a full professor there in 1830. At the University of Bonn he became a doctor of theology doctorate . In 1832 he went to the University of Breslau as the successor to Daniel von Cölln , where he completed his habilitation again in 1833. He dealt mainly with church history as well as Christian dogmatics and ethics .

The Christian-ecclesiastical antiquity . 2 vol., Berlin 1836–39.
Christian dogmatics or the science of faith . 2 vols., Breslau 1840–43.
Theological ethics . Vol. 1, Breslau 1847.
System of Christian life . Wroclaw 1853.
The doctrinal differences of the Catholic and Protestant Church . 2 vols., Breslau 1857–63.

personal data
SURNAME	Böhmer, Wilhelm
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Böhmer, Georg Rudolf Wilhelm (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Protestant theologian
DATE OF BIRTH	March 5, 1800
PLACE OF BIRTH	Castle (near Magdeburg)
DATE OF DEATH	November 25, 1863
Place of death	Wroclaw