Genssler, Wilhelm August Friedich

Genssler, Wilhelm August Friedich a Protestant theologian of Germany, was born March 7, 1793. In 1814 he was con-rector at the lyceum in Saalfeld, in 1817 second court-preacher and professor at the gymnasium there, in 1821 first court-preacher at Coburg, in 1826 general superintendent there, and died in 1847. He wrote, Vita Joannis Aquiae (Jena, 1816): — Christliche Amtsreden an festlichen Tagen gehalten. (Coburg, 1820): — Die Sacularfeier der augsburgschen Confession (ibid. 1830): — Geistliche Reden bei verschiedenen Amtsverrichtungen (Leipsic, 1836): — Die Herzogliche Hofkirche zu Ehrenburg in Coburg (Coburg, 1838). See Zuchold, Bibl. Theol. 1:416; Winer, Handbuch der theol. Lit. 1:803; 2:149,167. (B.P.)