Lichtenstein, Friedrich Wilhelm Jacob

Lichtenstein, Friedrich Wilhelm Jacob a Lutheran minister of Germany, was born of Jewish parentage at Munich, October 8, 1826. In 1842, his mother joining the Church, he was baptized, together with his brother Moritz, at Wurzburg. In 1843 he commenced his theological. studies at Erlangen, and pursued the same at Halle. In 1848 he was ordained, and appointed assistant pastor at Munich, In 1855 the University of Erlangen bestowed on him the diploma of doctor of philosophy, for a work entitled, Lebensgeschichte des Herrn Jesu Christi in chronologischer Uebersicht (Erlangen, 1855). In 1863 he was called to Culmbach, and died March 24, 1875. (B.P.)