Bauer, Friedrich Gottlieb a German theologian, son of Adolph Gaspard, was born at Silda, March 11, 1691. He studied at Jena, and died at Quenstedt, Feb. 21, 1740. He wrote, Disputatio de Harmonia Vitce Jehoschaphati Regis Judoe adductum Cap. Postr. Libr. 1 Reg.'et 2 Chronicles c. 17-21 (Jena, 1713): — De aMonogamia ex Veteri Fendere Assorta in Malach. ii, 15, 16 (ibid. eod.). See Trinius, Gottesgelehrte auf dem Lande; Jocher, Allgemeines Gelehrten-Lexikon, s.v. (B. P.) Bauer, Johann Friedrich Christoph, a Protestant theologian of Germany, was born at Uffenheim, May 2, 1803. He studied at Erlangen; in 1826 was appointed vicar at Wurzburg; in 1829 pastor at Marktbreit; and in 1839 dean and pastor at Wurzburg, where he died Jan. 24, 1873. He published, Vom kirchlichen Indiferaentismus im protestantischen Volke (Bamberg, 1839): — Gamaliel oder die Garantien deri Kirche (ibid. 1840): — Ueber die Theilnahme der Geisntlichen an der Armenplege in ihren Gemeinden (Nurnberg, 1841). See Zuchold, Bibl. Theol. i, 75. (B. P.)
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