Cranz, Friedrich Alexander Leopold

Cranz, Friedrich Alexander Leopold a Protestant theologian of Germany, was born May 12, 1807, at Berlin. He studied there and in Halle, was ordained in 1833, and appointed military preacher at Torgau. In 1840 he was called as first military preacher to Posen, was in 1846 member of consistory, and in 1854 general superintendent of the province of Posen, and died August 26, 1878. He was one of the most faithful leaders of the Evangelical Church in his country. (B.P.)