Burgmann, Johann Christian

Burgmann, Johann Christian a Lutheran doctor and professor of theology of Germany, was born at Rostock, where he also studied, as well as in Jena and Wittenberg. In 1724 he was appointed pastor of the Holy Ghost Church in his native place; in 1726 he was made doctor of theology; in 1735, professor of theology; in 1754, senior of the theological faculty; and, in 1760, director of the ministerium and senior of the academy. He died Feb. 15, 1775. He was a voluminous writer. See Winer, Handbuch der theol. Lit. i, 767; Jocher, Allgemeines Gelehrten-Lexikon, s.v. (B. P.)