Hirzel, Heinrich

Hirzel, Heinrich a Swiss theologian, was born at Zurich, April 17, 1818. He studied at his native place and at Tubingen, and died at Zurich, April 17, 1871, where he had been laboring since 1857. Hirzel belonged to the so-called Protestanten-Verein. See Lang, Protestantische Kirchenzeitung (May 20 and 27, 1871); Lichtenberger, Encyclop. des Sciences Religienses, s.v. (B.P.)