Background
He was born at Steinbach (near Penig) in Saxony.
historian theologian university professor
He was born at Steinbach (near Penig) in Saxony.
He studied at Leipzig and Erlangen, and in 1829 was called to Jena as professor of theology.
He retired in 1883 and was made a baron. He was the great-grandfather of Dietrich Bonhoeffer. But though a liberal theologian, he was no dry rationalist.