Palmer, Karl Christian

Palmer, Karl Christian father of Heinrich Julius, was born at Delitzsch, May 2, 1759. In 1787 he was professor at Leipsic, and died at Giessen, July 17, 1838, doctor and professor of theology. He wrote, De Nexu inter Theologiam Moralem et Publican Religionis Institutio (Leipsic, 1788): — Paulus und Gamaliel, ein Beitrag zur altesten Christengeschichte (Giessen, 1806): — Predigten uber die Evangelien des ganzen. Jahres (1817). See Winer, Handbuch der theol. Lit. 1:495, 569; 2:134. (B.P.)