Hilscher, Paul Christian

Hilscher, Paul Christian a Lutheran theologian, was born March 15, 1666, at Waldheim, in Saxony. He studied at Leipsic, was in 1695 deacon at Dresden (Neustadt), in 1704 pastor there, and died August 3, 1730, leaving a number of ascetical works, for which see Jocher, Allgemeines Gelehrten-Lexikon, s.v.; Furst, Bibl. Jud. 1:394. (B.P.)