Nielsen, Nikolai Johann Ernst

Nielsen, Nikolai Johann Ernst a Lutheran theologian of Germany, was born in 1806 at Rendsburg. He studied at Kiel and Berlin, was in 1832 pastor at Sarau, Holstein, in 1840 provost, in 1848 doctor of theology, in 1851 superintendent at Eutin, in 1853 pastor at Oldenburg, retired in 1879, and died January 26, 1883. He published several volumes of sermons, and some ascetical works, for which see Zuchold, Bibl. Theol. 2:940 sq. (B.P.)