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Wolowski, Louis-Franccedil;ois-Michel-Reymond Born at Warsaw, 31 Aug., 1810; d. at Gisors, Eure, 15 Aug., 1876. His father, a member of the provisory government which established the Polish Revolution at Warsaw in 1830, sent him to Paris despite his youth as first secretary of legation. When the revolution was quelled, the Wolowski family established themselves at … Continue reading “Wolowski, Louis-Franccedil;ois-Michel-Reymond”

Wollner, Christoph the Prussian statesman of the reign of Frederick William II, who originated the famous religious edict in which orthodoxy in teaching was commanded, was born in 1732 at Doberitz, and was at first an orthodox, though tolerant, theologian. He became engaged in secular affairs after a time, and resigned his pastorate at Behnitz. … Continue reading “Wollner, Christoph”

Wollgast, Johann Friedrich a Protestant theologian of Germany, was born at Schweidnitz, May 16, 1797 and died March 29, 1839. He is the author of Kirchenagende fur Stadt- und Landprediger (Breslau, 1811, 2 parts). See Winer, Handbuch der theol. Lit. 2:280. (B.P.) Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Wolleb, Johannes a theologian of the Reformed Church, was born November 30, 1586, at Basle, where his father, Oswald, was a magistrate. At the age of twenty, after preliminary courses in philosophy and theology, in both of which he excelled, he was ordained to the ministry. In 1607 he was made city deacon; in 1611 … Continue reading “Wolleb, Johannes”

Wolle, Christoph a Protestant theologian of Germany, was born January 24, 1700, at Leipsic, where he also prosecuted his theological, philosophical, and Oriental studies. On presenting and defending his dissertation, De Facultatibus Intellectualibus in Bonos Habitus Mutandis, he was allowed to lecture as private docent. In 1746 he was made doctor of divinity, and two … Continue reading “Wolle, Christoph”

Wollaston, William an English clergyman and author, was born at Coton Clauford, Staffordshire. March 26, 1659; became pensioner at Sidney College, Cambridge, in 1674; took deacon’s orders about 1681; became assistant master of Birmingham School; was ordained priest in 1686; inherited a large estate in 1688,. and there after passed his time in literary leisure … Continue reading “Wollaston, William”

Wollaston, George, D.D an English divine, for some time father of the Royal Society, and sixty-two years member of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel, was born in 1738. He was educated at the Charterhouse, and afterwards at Sidney College, Cambridge, where he graduated A.B. in 1758. Such was the high character he … Continue reading “Wollaston, George, D.D”

Wollaston, Francis, LL.D an English clergyman, a grandson of William Wollaston, was born in 1731; became rector of Chiselhurst, in Kent; and died in 1815. He published, Address to the Clergy, etc. (1772): Queries relating to the Book of. Common Prayer (1774): and several astronomical works. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Wolgemut, Michael Painter and engraver, b. at Nuremberg, 1434; d. there, 1519. He was the most prominent artist of Nuremberg in the fifteenth century, and was selected to paint the great altar-piece for the church of Zwickau. He was the pupil and assistant of Hans Playdenwurff, and, though a very great master, must not be … Continue reading “Wolgemut, Michael”

Wolfssohn, Aaron also called Aaron Halle, a German rabbi, was born in 1736, and died at Fuirth, March 20, 1835. He was a distinguished disciple of Mendelssohn, and worked in the department of Biblical exegesis and Hebrew literature in conjunction with Joel Lowe, G. Solomon, etc. He published a German translation of Lamentations, with an … Continue reading “Wolfssohn, Aaron”