Bockh, Christian Friedrich Von

Bockh, Christian Friedrich Von a Protestant theologian of Germany, was born April 1, 1795, at Polsingen. In 1824 he was appointed pastor of St. James at Munich, and in 1830 dean and first preacher. From 1837 to 1843 he was a member of the Bavarian diet, and in 1849 he was elected member of consistory. He retired from public life in 1865, and died Sept. 27, 1875. Of his publications we mention,. Sammlung von Predigten und Reden gehalten in den Jahren 1824-30 (Nuremberg, 1830): — Pedigten in Nurnberg tund Miinchea gehalten (Munich, 1835): — Erkldrung des kleiner Katechismus Luthers (Kempten, 1857): — Evangelischlutherische Agenda (Nuremberg, 1870): — Fragen u. Antworten mit untergesetzten Bibelspruchen (Kempten,. 1871 ): — Vierzehn agendarische Passions-Andachten (Nuremberg, 1873). See Zuchold, Bibl. Theol. 1, 161 sq. (B. P.)