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Johann Matthias Schröckh

Also known as: Johann Matthias Schröckh; primary name: Schröckh, Johann Matthias
Details: individual; author/poet; German; Male
Life dates: 1733-1808
Biography: Evangelical theologian and writer; from 1767 he was Professor of Poetry in Wittenberg; then, in 1775, he became Professor of History; he is best known for his influential history of the Church, which was written from an enlightenment Protestant point of view.