Education
Born in Hanover, he was educated at Göttingen, and from 1824 to 1828 he was a tutor near Lüneburg, and there wrote the most favored of his hymns.
Born in Hanover, he was educated at Göttingen, and from 1824 to 1828 he was a tutor near Lüneburg, and there wrote the most favored of his hymns.
Afterwards he was vicar or pastor in several churches, and in 1859, shortly before his death, was made superintendent at Burgdorf. See also Lyra domestica (1st series, London, 1860. 2nd series, 1864).
Among his ancestors was Jewish diarist Glückel of Hameln.
Spitta"s son Friedrich Spitta was a noted theologian.
Another son, also named Philipp Spitta, was a musicologist, best known for his biography of Johann Sebastian Bach.