Englert, Johann Matthaus

Englert, Johann Matthaus a Lutheran minister of Germaly, was born January 14, 1661, at Schweinfurt; studied at Giessen, Leipsic, and Wittenberg; was in 1687 called to his native place as teacher of the high-school; in 1709, accepted the appointment as deacon, and died in 1732, pastor primarius and inspector of the gymnasium. He is the author of several hymns. See Wezel, Anal. Hymn. 1:53 sq.; Koch, Geschichte des deutschen Kirchen liedes, 5:410 sq.; Jocher, Allgemeines Gelehrten-Lexikon, s.v. (B.P.)