German Protestant theologian, born at Basel on the 12th of September 1805. He studied at Basel and Berlin, and eventually (1854) settled at Erlangen as professor of church history. He died there on the 30th of September 1882, having retired in 1877. His most noteworthy achievement was the publication of the Realencyklopädie für protestantische Theologie und Kirche (1853–1868, 22 vols.), of which he undertook a new edition with G. L. Plitt (1836–1880) in 1877, and after Plitt’s death with Albert Hauck (1845–1918). Hauck began the publication of the third edition in 1896 (completed in 22 vols., 1909).
His other works include Joh. Calvin (1843), Leben Ökolampads (1843), Die romanischen Waldenser (1853), Abriss der gesamten Kirchengeschichte (3 vols., 1876–1882, 2nd ed., G. Koffmane, Leipzig, 1890–1892).
