Wuttke, Karl Friedrich Adolph

Wuttke, Karl Friedrich Adolph a Protestant theologian and philosopher of Germany, was born at Breslau, November 10, 1819. Here he studied theology and philosophy, and lectured from 1843 as a private teacher on philosophy. In 1854 he was called as professor of theology to Berlin, and in 1861 as ordinary professor to Halle, where he died, April 12, 1870. He wrote, Abhandlung uber die Cosmogonie der heidnischen Volker vor der Zeit Jesu u. der Apostel, a prize essay (Hague, 1850): — Geschichte des heidenthums in Bezug auf Religion, Wissen, Kunst, Sittlichkeit und Staatsleben (Breslau, 1851-53, 2 volumes): — Der deutsche Volksaberglaube der Gegenwart (Hamburg, 1850; 2d ed. 1869): — Handbuch der christlichen Sittenlehre (Berlin, 1861-62, 2 volumes; Engl. transl. by J.P. Lacroix, Christian Ethics, N.Y., 1873, 2 volumes). After his death was published Zur Vorgeschichte der Bartholomausnacht von Dr. S. MillerFrauenstein (Leipsic, 1879). Besides these works he published some minor writings. See Literarischer Handweiser, 1870, page 489; Theologisches Universal lexikon, s.v.; Zuchold, Bibl. Theol. 2:1478. (B.P.)