Ballenstedt, Johann Georg Justus

Ballenstedt, Johann Georg Justus, a German theologian, was born in 1756 at Schoningen. He was pastor at Pabstorf, in Prussia. He wrote Die Urwelt, a work widely known throughout Germany, and which contains important information concerning geology. See Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. Generale, s.v.