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Apr 30, 1807 Teningen, Baden Württemberg, Germany Died on 11 May 1871 (aged 64)
German theologian
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About Wilhelm Theophor Dittenberger
- Wilhelm Theophor Dittenberger (30 April 1807, in Teningen – 11 May 1871, in Weimar) was a German Protestant theologian.
- He was the father of classical philologist Wilhelm Dittenberger (1840–1906) and son-in-law to theologian Karl Daub (1765–1836).
- The elder Dittenberger was considered to be one of the leaders of liberal Protestantism in Baden. He studied theology at the Universities of Halle and Heidelberg, then embarked on a study trip that took him to almost all the universities in Germany and Denmark.
- In 1832 he obtained his habilitation at Heidelberg, and subsequently worked as a lecturer, university preacher, and as a pastor at the Heilig-Geist-Kirche in Heidelberg.
- From 1847 to 1852, he was a professor of theology at the University of Heidelberg, afterwards serving as Kirchenrath, Oberhofprediger and Oberpfarrer in Weimar.Along with Karl Zittel (1802–1871), he published the Zeitschrift für deutsch-protestantische Kirchenverfassung (Journal of the German Protestant Church constitution).
- He played an important role in the Baden General Synod (1843) as well as in the Gustav-Adolfs-Vereins.
