Erbkram, Heinrich Wilhelm

Erbkram, Heinrich Wilhelm a Protestant theologian of Germany, was born July 8, 1810, at Glogau. For his academical career he prepared himself at the Wittenberg Seminary, and commenced his theological lectures at Berlin in 1838. In 1855 he accepted a call to Konigsberg, and died there. January 9, 1884. He is best known as the author of Geschichte der protestantischen Sekten im Zeitalter der Reformation (Hamburg and Gotha, 1848). (B.P.)