Английская Википедия:Georg Joachim Zollikofer

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Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Infobox person Georg Joachim Zollikofer (5 August 1730 – 22 January 1788) was a Swiss-German theologian who popularized Enlightenment theology, and published several books of sermons and hymns.

Life

Georg Joachim Zollikofer was born on 5 August 1730 in St. Gallen, Switzerland. His father, David Anthony Zollikofer, was a prominent lawyer.Шаблон:Sfn His mother was Anna Elisabeth Högger.Шаблон:Sfn He was educated at the St. Gallen gymnasium, then studied at Bremen and afterwards at the Utrecht University with a view to becoming a minister.Шаблон:Sfn After leaving university he was given a position as a preacher at Murten, Vaud in 1754. Soon after he was appointed to a larger church at Monsheim, Rheinhessen, and then to a church in Neu-Isenburg near Frankfurt am Main. In 1758 he became a Reformed Church preacher in Leipzig, Saxony.Шаблон:Sfn

Zollikofer became celebrated for his preaching, in which he popularized Enlightenment theology. He published several books. He corresponded with various writers and scholars of the late Enlightenment, including his friend Johann Kaspar Lavater. He edited Lavater's "secret diary" (2 volumes, 1771–73).

He married Susanna Regina Leroy in 1756. After she died he married Henrike Sechehaye, daughter of the businessman Isaac Sechehay of Leipzig, who was with him during the last seven years of his life.Шаблон:Sfn Both marriages were childless.Шаблон:Sfn He died in Leipzig on 22 January 1788.Шаблон:Sfn

Works

Zollikofer's publications included: Шаблон:Refbegin

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References

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Further reading

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  • Werner Raupp: Zollikofer, Georg Joachim (1730–1788), in: The Dictionary of Eighteenth-Century German Philosophers. General Editors Heiner F. Klemme, Manfred Kuehn, vol. 3, London/New York 2010, p. 1324–1325.

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