Kuster, Samuel Christian Gottfried

Kuster, Samuel Christian Gottfried a Lutheran theologian of Germany, was born at Havelberg, August 18, 1762. From 1804 till 1829 he was director of the teachers' seminary; in 1830 he was appointed superintendent and first preacher at the Friedrichs- Werder Church, and died at Neustadt-Eberswalde, August 22, 1838, doctor of theology. Besides sermons and ascetical works, he published Die Psalmen, mit Einleitungen und Anmerkuugen bearbeitet (Berlin, 1832). See Zuchold, Bibl. Theol. 1:754; Winer, Handbuch der theol. Lit. 2:251, 257, 260, 295, 302, 305, 315, 339, 342, 396. (B.P.)