EBRARD, ê'brärt, JOHANN HEINRICH AUGUST.
This Reformed theologian was born at Erlan gen Jan. 18, 1818; d. there July 23, 1888. His father came of a family of French refugees and was preacher of the French Reformed Church in Erlangen. At an early age August revealed extraor dinary endowments and vivacity of z. Student mind. He attended the gymnasium
Life and of his native city, and began the study
Early of theology at the university in 1835
Lectures under Olshausen, Hbfling, Krafft,
Hofmann and Harless. His great mental vivacity induced him to study almost all branches of human science and art, not, however, neglecting the pleasures and attractions of the student life. From 1838 to 1839 he studied at
Berlin, where he was especially attracted by the philosopher Steffens. He also heard Hengstenberg, Neander, Twesten, Marheineke, Strauss, Ritter, Trendelenburg and others. After his examination in 1839 he accepted a position as pri-
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