The Encyclopedia Americana (1920)/Engelhardt, Johann Georg Veit

ENGELHARDT, Johann Georg Veit, German theologian: b. Neustadt-an-der-Aisch, Bavaria, 1791; d. Erlangen, 13 Sept. 1855. In 1822 he became professor of theology at Erlangen; during the years 1845, 1847 and 1848 was the representative of his university in the diet at Munich. His most celebrated works are a translation of the writings ascribed to Dionysius the Areopagite; ‘Handbuch der Kirchengeschichte’ (1834); ‘Richard von St. Victor und Johannes Ruysbroek’ (1838); ‘Dogmengeschichte’ (1839).