Name Friedrich Krummacher | Role Writer | |
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Died April 14, 1845, Bremen, Germany Similar People Johann Gottfried Herder, Friedrich Heinrich Jacobi, Franz Schubert |
Friedrich Adolf Krummacher (July 13, 1767 – April 14, 1845) was a German Reformed theologian and a writer of devotional poetry and prose.
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Biography
He was born in Tecklenburg, Westphalia. Having studied theology at Lingen and Halle, he became successively rector of the grammar school at Moers (1793), a professor of theology at the University of Duisburg (1800), a preacher in Kettwig (1807), Consistorialrath and superintendent in Bernburg (1812), and, after declining an invitation to the University of Bonn, pastor of the Ansgariuskirche in Bremen (1824). He died in Bremen.
Literary works
He was the author of many religious works, but is best known by his Parabeln (1805; 9th edition 1876; English translation 1824). In 1858, they were added to Bohn's "Illustrated Library", with 40 illustrations.
Arnold Wilhelm Möller published his life and letters: Friedrich Adolf Krummacher und seine Freunde, 2 volumes, Bonn, 1849.
Family
His brother Gottfried Daniel Krummacher was the leader of the pietists of Wuppertal. His son Friedrich Wilhelm Krummacher was a noted clergyman and author, as was his son Emil Wilhelm Krummacher.