Author: Friedrich August Tholuck
Tholuck, Friedrich August Grottreu, D.D., was born at Breslau, March 30, 1799. He studied at the Universities of Breslau and Berlin. He became a University lecturer (Privatdocent) at Berlin, in Dec. 1820, and extraordinary professor of Theology there in April, 1823 (D.D. from Berlin in 1826). In Nov., 1825, he was appointed ordinary professor of Theology at Halle, and entered on hiss duties at Easter, 1826. He was also appointed as University preacher, in 1839, and a member of the Magdeburg consistory in 1829. From Michaelmas, 1828, to Easter, 1829, he officiated as chaplain to the German Embassy at Rome, having gone there on sick leave. Otherwise, after 1826, his life was spent almost entirely at Halle. He died at Halle, June 10, 1877 (Koc…
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