Lau, Johann Theodor

Lau, Johann Theodor a Lutheran theologian of Germany, was born at Schleswig in 1813. In 1843 he was appointed second pastor at Hettstadt, near Husum, in 1855 pastor at Ottensen, near Altona, and died December 20, 1873. He is the author of, Gregor I, der Grosse, nach seinem Leben und Lehre geschildert (Leipsic, 1855) Refromations geschichte in Schneswig (Hamburg, 1867). See Zuchold, Bibl. Theol. 2:770. (B.P.)