Burckhard, Johann Gottlieb

Burckhard, Johann Gottlieb a Lutheran theologian of Germany, was born Feb. 29,1756, at Eisleben, For some time he was preacher of St. Thomas's al Leipsic, and afterwards preacher of the German Savoy Church in London. He died Aug. 29,1800. He wrote, Vollstdndige Geschichte der Methodisten in England (Nuremberg, 1795):-Predigten zur Begliickung der Menschen im Gesellschaftlichen Leben (Halle, 1793-94, 2 vols.). See Winer, Handbuch der theol. Lit. i, 831; ii, 204. (B. P.)