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18th-century theologians

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Abbé AubertAuthor · BooksJean-Louis Aubert (15 February 1731 in Paris – 10 November 1814 in Paris), called the Abbé Aubert, was a French dramatist, poet and journalist, son of the violinist and composer Jacques…
Alexander Gottlieb BaumgartenAuthor · BooksAlexander Gottlieb Baumgarten (lang; 17 July 1714 – 27 May 1762) was a German philosopher. He established aesthetics as a philosophical discipline.
Andrija Kačić MiošićAuthor · BooksAndrija Kačić Miošić (17 April 1704 – 14 December 1760) was a Croatian writer, poet and Franciscan friar.
Charles SealsfieldAuthor · BooksCharles Sealsfield was the pseudonym of Austrian-American novelist and journalist Carolus Magnus Postl (3 March 1793 – 26 May 1864), an advocate for a German democracy.
Christian Gotthilf SalzmannAuthor · BooksIllustration — Christian Gotthilf Salzmann
Christoph Christian SturmAuthor · BooksIllustration — Christoph Christian Sturm
Dominic BarberiPerson · Music memorabiliaDominic Barberi, CP (22 June 1792 – 27 August 1849) was an Italian Passionist priest who was prominent in spreading Catholicism in England in the 19th century, including to John Henry…
Evgenios VoulgarisAuthor · BooksEugenios Voulgaris or Boulgaris (1716–1806) was a Greek Orthodox cleric, author, educator, mathematician, astronomer, physicist, and philosopher.
Friedrich Heinrich JacobiAuthor · BooksFriedrich Heinrich Jacobi (lang; 25 January 1743 – 10 March 1819) was a German philosopher, writer and socialite.
Georg Joseph VoglerPerson · Music memorabiliaGeorg Joseph Vogler, also known as Abbé Vogler (15 June 1749 – 6 May 1814), was a German composer, organist, teacher and theorist.
Georg Michael TelemannPerson · Music memorabiliaGeorg Michael Telemann (20 April 1748 – 4 March 1831) was a German composer and theologian.
Gotthold Ephraim LessingAuthor · BooksGotthold Ephraim Lessing (22 January 1729 – 15 February 1781) was a German philosopher, dramatist, publicist and art critic. He was a representative of the Enlightenment.
Grzegorz PiramowiczAuthor · BooksIllustration — Grzegorz Piramowicz
Gustav SeyffarthAuthor · BooksGustav Seyffarth (13 July 179617 November 1885) was a German-American Egyptologist, born in Uebigau, in the Electorate of Saxony.
Henri GrégoireAuthor · BooksHenri Jean-Baptiste Grégoire (4 December 1750 – 28 May 1831), often referred to as the Abbé Grégoire, was a French Catholic priest, constitutional bishop of Blois and a revolutionary…
Henry Francis LyteAuthor · BooksHenry Francis Lyte (1 June 1793 – 20 November 1847) was a British Anglican divine, hymnodist and poet who wrote the hymn Abide with Me.
Immanuel Hermann FichteAuthor · BooksImmanuel Hermann Fichte (lang; ennobled as Immanuel Hermann von Fichte in 1863; 18 July 1796 – 8 August 1879) was a German philosopher and son of Johann Gottlieb Fichte.
Isaac da CostaAuthor · BooksIsaäc da Costa (14 January 1798 – 28 April 1860) was a Jewish Dutch poet.
Joachim Heinrich CampeAuthor · Books(date and artist unknown)
Johan Henrik ThomanderAuthor · BooksJohan Henrik Thomander (16 June 1798 – 9 July 1865) was a Swedish professor, bishop, translator and author.
Johan Nordahl BrunAuthor · BooksJohan Nordahl Brun (21 March 1745 – 26 July 1816) was a Norwegian-Danish poet, dramatist, bishop of the Diocese of Bjørgvin (1804–1816), and politician who contributed significantly to the…
Johan Olof WallinAuthor · BooksJohan Olof Wallin (15 October 1779 – 30 June 1839) was a Swedish minister, orator, poet and later Church of Sweden Archbishop of Uppsala, Sweden between 1837 and 1839.
Johann Georg HamannAuthor · BooksJohann Georg Hamann (lang; 27 August 1730 – 21 June 1788) was a German Lutheran philosopher from Königsberg.
Johann Jakob GriesbachAuthor · BooksJohann Jakob Griesbach (4 January 1745 – 24 March 1812) was a German biblical textual critic.
Johann Martin MillerAuthor · BooksJohann Martin Miller (3 December 1750 in Ulm – 21 June 1814 in Ulm) was a German theologian and writer.
Johann Michael SailerAuthor · BooksJohann Michael Sailer (17 October 1751 – 20 May 1832) was a German Jesuit theologian and philosopher, and Bishop of Regensburg. Sailer was a major contributor to the Catholic Enlightenment.
Johann Nikolaus GötzAuthor · BooksJohann Nikolaus Götz (July 9, 1721 – November 4, 1781) was a German poet from Worms.
Johann Peter HebelAuthor · BooksJohann Peter Hebel (10 May 1760 – 22 September 1826) was a German short story writer, dialectal poet, Lutheran theologian and pedagogue, most famous for a collection of Alemannic lyric…
John WitherspoonAuthor · BooksJohn Witherspoon (February 5, 1723 – November 15, 1794) was a Scottish-American Presbyterian minister, educator, farmer, and a Founding Father of the United States.
José Francisco de IslaAuthor · BooksIllustration — José Francisco de Isla
Joseph Blanco WhiteAuthor · BooksIllustration — Pencil sketch by Joseph Slater
Ludwig Gotthard KosegartenPerson · Music memorabiliaLudwig Gotthard Kosegarten (1 February 1758 – 26 October 1818), also known as Ludwig Theobul or Ludwig Theoboul, was a German poet and Lutheran preacher.
Lyman BeecherAuthor · BooksLyman Beecher (October 12, 1775 – January 10, 1863) was an American Presbyterian minister and abolitionist.
Martin GerbertPerson · Music memorabiliaMartin Gerbert (11 August 1720 – 3 May 1793), was a German theologian, historian and writer on music, belonged to the noble family of Gerbert von Hornau, and was born in Horb am Neckar,…
Melchiore CesarottiAuthor · BooksMelchiorre Cesarotti (Italian pronunciation: [melˈkjɔrre tʃezaˈrɔtti]; May 15, 1730 – November 4, 1808) was an Italian poet, translator and theorist.
Nicolai WergelandAuthor · BooksNicolai Wergeland (9 November 1780 – 25 March 1848) was a Norwegian minister, writer and politician, and a member of the Norwegian Constituent Assembly at Eidsvoll Manor that wrote the…
Nikolaj Frederik Severin GrundtvigAuthor · BooksNikolaj Frederik Severin Grundtvig (8 September 1783 – 2 September 1872), most often referred to as N. F. S.
Paul EgedeAuthor · BooksIllustration — Paul Hansen Egede
Richard PocockeAuthor · BooksRichard Pococke (19 November 1704 – 25 September 1765) was an English clergyman and writer. He was the Bishop of Ossory (1756–65) and Meath (1765), both dioceses of the Church of Ireland.
Richard WhatelyAuthor · BooksRichard Whately (1 February 1787 – 8 October 1863) was an English academic, rhetorician, logician, philosopher, economist, and theologian who also served as a reforming Church of Ireland…
Samuel Taylor ColeridgeAuthor · BooksSamuel Taylor Coleridge (21 October 177225 July 1834) was an English poet, literary critic, philosopher, and theologian who was a founder of the Romantic Movement in England and a member of…
Timothy Dwight IVAuthor · BooksTimothy Dwight (May 14, 1752January 11, 1817) was an American academic and educator, a Congregationalist minister, theologian, and author.
Wilhelm GeseniusAuthor · BooksHeinrich Friedrich Wilhelm Gesenius (3 February 178623 October 1842) was a German orientalist, lexicographer, Christian Hebraist, Lutheran theologian, Biblical scholar and critic.

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