Tischendorf, Lobegott Friedrich Constantin von (1815-1874: orientalist and biblical critic)
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Lobegott Friedrich Constantin von Tischendorf 1815-1874, orientalist and biblical critic, was born in Legenfeld near Leipzig, Germany, on 18 January 1815 . He was educated at the Plauen Gymnasium (grammar school) in Plauen, Germany, and at the University of Leipzig, where he studied theology, specialising in the New Testament. After travelling through Europe and Asia studying biblical manuscripts, he became Professor for Biblical Palaeography at the University of Leipzig in 1859 . He was ennobled by Tsar Alexander II in 1869 and died in Leipzig on 07 December 1874 . Edmund Sydney Williams, 1817-1891, publisher, formed the publishing house of Williams & Norgate of Covent Garden, London, England and South Frederick Street, Edinburgh, Scotland, in partnership with Frederick Norgate.
Sources: Black, Matthew and Davidson, Robert, Constantin von Tischendorf and the Greek New Testament, Glasgow, 1981
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Lobegott Friedrich Constantin von Tischendorf, 1815-1874, orientalist and Biblical critic, was born in Legenfeld near Leipzig, Germany, on 18 January 1815 . He was educated at the Plauen Gymnasium (grammar school) in Plauen, Germany, and at the University of Leipzig, where he studied theology, specialising in the New Testament. After travelling through Europe and Asia studying biblical manuscripts, he became Professor for Biblical Palaeography at the University of Leipzig in 1859 . He was ennobled by Tsar Alexander II in 1869 and died in Leipzig on 07 December 1874 . Samuel Davidson, 1806-1898, theologian and biblical scholar, was born in September 1806 at Kellswater, near Ballymena, Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland. He was Professor of Biblical Criticism at the Royal Academical Institution, Belfast, Northern Ireland, from 1831 to 1841 and Professor of Biblical Literature and Ecclesiastical History at Lancashire Independent College, Manchester, England, from 1843 to 1857. In 1862, he was elected Scripture Examiner at University College, London, England. He died in 1898 . Gildemeister, Johannes, 1812-1890, was appointed Professor of Protestant Theology and Oriental Languages at Marburg University, Germany, in 1845, and founded the Department of Sanskrit. He taught in Marburg from 1845 to 1859.
Sources: Black, Matthewand Davidson, Robert, Constantin von Tischendorf and the Greek New Testament, Glasgow, 1981
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