Gedik, Simon

Gedik, Simon a Lutheran theologian of Germany, was born October 31, 1551. He studied at Leipsic, was in 1573 pastor of St. John's there, in 1574 professor of Hebrew, and died at Meissen, October 5, 1631. He is the author of many ascetical works. See Witte, Diarium Biographicum; Bayle, Dictionnaire Historique Critique; Jocher, Allgemeines Gelehrten-Lexikon, s.v. (B.P.)