Rupstein, Jge Friedrich

Rupstein, J.G.E. Friedrich, a German doctor of theology and abbot of Loccum, was born Aug. 30, 1794, at Wunsdorf. From 1813 to 1816 he studied at Gottingen, in 1820 he was made chaplain of the Neustadter Church in Hanover, in 1822 he was appointed minister of the Schlosskirche, and in 1825 assessor of consistory. In 1830 he was made court preacher and member of consistory, in 1832 abbot of Loccum, and in 1866 first member of consistory, and died Oct. 7, 1876, in Hanover. He published, A uswahl von Predigten (Hanover, 1832, 2 vols.): — Dr. H. Ph. Sextro (ibid. 1839), a biography. See Zuchold, Bibl. Theol. p. 1100; Winer, Handbuch der theol. Literatur, 2, 144, 743; Schneider, Theologisches Jahrbuch, 1878, p. 227. (B.P.)