Background
Philip Marheineke was born on May 1, 1780, at Hildesheim, Germany.
Philip Marheineke was born on May 1, 1780, at Hildesheim, Germany.
Marheineke studied at the University of Göttingen. After studying Protestant theology and philosophy in Göttingen he received his Dr. Phil. in 1803 from Erlangen.
In 1805 he was appointed professor extraordinarius of philosophy at Erlangen; in 1807 he moved to Heidelberg. In 1811 he became professor ordinarius at Berlin, where from 1820 he was also preacher at Trinity Church and worked with Schleiermacher. He published a "History of the Reformation in Germany, " (4 vols. , 1816), "Christian Symbolics, " and several philosophical works.
Philip Konrad Marheineke died on May 31, 1846.
Philip Marheineke was a member of the supreme consistorial council.
