Hanstein, Gottfried August Ludwig

Hanstein, Gottfried August Ludwig a Lutheran theologian of Germany, was born at Magdeburg, September 7, 1761. He studied at Halle, was in 1782 teacher at the cathedral-school of his native place, in 1787 preacher at Tangermunde, in 1804 member of consistory and preacher at Berlin, and died February 25, 1821, doctor of theology. He published homiletical and ascetical works, for which see Doring, Deutsche Kanzelredner; Winer, Handbuch der theol. Lit. 2:62, 94, 97, 118, 130, 148, 156, 158, 164, 168, 170, 172, 173, 175, 177, 197, 199, 203, 205, 206, 227, 233, 357; Zuchold, Bibl. Theol. 1:501. (B.P.)