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May 01, 1661 Died on 05 Sep 1709 (aged 48)
German historian and theologian
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About Johann Georg Neumann
- Johann Georg Neumann (1661–1709) was a German Lutheran theologian and church historian. Born in Mörz and educated in Zittau, Neuman enrolled in Wittenberg University in 15 May 1680, receiving the rank of magister in less than a year, on 25 April 1681 and he became a member of the philosophical faculty in 1684, and full professor for poetics in 1690. Neumann then decided to study theology and began to hold sermons.
- He received his doctorate in theology in 1692 and became ordinary professor of theology in Wittenberg. Neumann was a pronounced opponent of Pietism and outspoken critic of Philipp Spener. Neumann was buried in Wittenberg's Schlosskirche, not far from the grave of Martin Luther.
