The Encyclopedia Americana (1920)/Blumhardt, Christian Gottlieb

BLUMHARDT, Christian Gottlieb, German writer on theological subjects: b. Stuttgart, 29 April 1779; d. 19 Dec. 1838. He became secretary of the Christian (Protestant) Society at Basel in 1803, and was instrumental in founding the Bible Society the following year, and later on, the Maison des Missions (1815), of which he was the general head until his death. Most of his published works consist of sermons, many of them of a controversial nature. Two of these, &lsquo;Lazarus der kranke, sterbende, Auferweckte&rsquo; (a series), and &lsquo;Versuch einer allgemeinen Missionsgeschichte der Kirche Christi&rsquo; (5 vols., 1827-37).