Wadchler, Ludwig

Wadchler, Ludwig a Protestant theologian of Germany, was born April 15, 1767, at Gotha. In 1790 he was rector at Herford, in 1794 professor of theology at Rintein, in 1802 'professor of history at Marburg, and died April 4, 1838, at Breslau, as member of consistory and professor of history. He wrote, Die Pariser Bluthochzeit (Leips. 1826): — Minscher's Leben u. nachgelassene Schriften (Frankfort, 1817): — Dissertatio Inauguralis de Pseudo- Phocylide (Rinteln, 1788). See Fürst, Bibl. Jud. 3. 488; Winer. Handb. der theol. Lit. 1, 10, 161, 537, 821, 865. (B.P.)