Gieseler, Georg Christoph Friedrich

Gieseler, Georg Christoph Friedrich a Lutheran theologian of Germany, was born at Lahde, May 1,1760. In 1791 he was pastor at Petershagen, near Minden, where the famous church-historian, Johann Karl Ludwig Gieseler (q.v.), was born. In 1803 he was first preacher at Warther, near Bielefeld, and died March 14, 1839, a doctor of theology. He wrote, Das Abendmahl des Herrn. Ein liturgischer Versuch (Bielefeld, 1835). See Winer, Handbuch der theol. Lit. 2:9; Zulcholl, Bibl. Theol. 1:438; Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. Generale, s.v. (B.P.)