Vent, Hans Lorenz Andreas

Vent, Hans Lorenz Andreas a Lutheran theologian of Germany, was born at Hademarschen, Holstein, April 10, 1785. In 1811 he was deacon at Tallingstedt, and from 1815 to 1863 pastor in his native city. He resigned the pastorate in 1863, and died April 21, 1879. member of consistory. He published, Luther's Werake in einer das Bedurfniss der Zeit berucksichtigenden, Auswahl ( Hamburg, 1826, 10 volumes): — Homiletisches Magazin uber die evangelischen Texte des ganzen Jahres (2d ed. ibid. 1839, 2 volumes). See Winer, Handbuch der theol. Lit. 1:25, 584; 2:126, 327; Zuchold, Bibl. Theol. s.v. (B.P.)