Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography/Krummacher, Friedrich Wilhelm

KRUMMACHER, Friedrich Wilhelm, clergyman, b. in Duisburg, Prussia, in 1796; d. in Potsdam, Prussia, 10 Dec., 1868. His father, Friedrich Adolph Krummacher, was an eminent German theologian and writer. The son held a pastorate in Germany, and, although a minister of the Reformed church, was a zealous advocate of the older Lutheranism, and gave great offence by his denunciation of rationalists. He came to New York in 1843, declined a theological professorship in Mercersburg, Pa., and afterward returned to Germany, settling in Berlin in 1847. Among his numerous works, many of which have been translated into English, are “Flying Roll of Free Grace Displayed” (New York, 1841); “Elijah the Tishbite” (1847); “The Martyr Lamb” (1849); “The Last Days of Elisha” (1852); “The Risen Redeemer” (1863); and “Bunsen and Stahl” (Berlin, 1856). Among his later devotional works are “Gottes Wort” (Berlin, 1865), and “David, der König von Israel” (1866; English translation, 1870). His sermons were published (Berlin, 1868), and his autobiography edited by his daughter, which was translated into English (London, 1871).