Hartmann, Anton Theodor

Hartmann, Anton Theodor a German Protestant theologian and Orientalist, was born at Dusseldorf June. 25,1774. He studied at Osnabruck, Dortmund and Göttingen. After being successively corrector of thee gymnasium of Saest in 1797, rector of the gymnasium of Herford in 1799, and professor in that of Oldenburg in 1804, he was appointed professor of theology in the University of Rostock in 1811. He died at Rostock April 21, 1838. He is especially known for his works on antiquities, and on Hebrew and Arabic literature, the principal of which are Aufkldrung u. Asien f: Bibelforscher (Oldenburg, 1806-7, 2 vols. 8vo): — Die Hebrdermin am Putztische u. als Braut (Amst. 1809- 1810, 3 vols. 8vo): — Supplementa ad J. Buxtoifii et W. Gesenii Lexic. (Rostock,. 1813, 4to): — Thesauri Linguae Hebraicae e Michna augendi (Rostock, 1825-1826, 3 parts, 4to): — LinguistischeEinleitung in d. Studiums der Bicher des A. T. (Rostock,. 1818, 8vo): — Hist. Krit. Forschungen über die Bildung, d. Zeitalter u. Plan d. fünf Bücher Moses (Rostock et Gustrow, 1831, 8vo): — Die enge Verbindung d. A. T. mit d. N. (Hamb. 1831, 8vo): — Blicke in d. Geist d. Urchristen-thums (Dusseldorf, 1802, 8vo). See Haag, La France Protestante; Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. Géneralé, 23, 474.