[Karl Friedrich Adolf]. German Protestant theologian, born at Breslau on the 10th of November 1819. He studied theology at Breslau, Berlin and Halle, where he eventually became professor ordinarius; and is known as the author of a treatise on Christian ethics (Handbuch der christlichen Sittenlehre, 1860–1863, 3rd ed. 1874–1875; Eng. trans., New York, 1873) and works on heathen religion (Die Geschichte des Heidentums, 1851–1853) and superstition (Der deutsche Volksaberglaube der Gegenwart, 1865; 2nd ed., 1869). He died on the 12th of April 1870.
