Kawerau, Gustav

D.D. (hon., Halle and Tubingen, 1883), German theologian; b. at Bunzlau, Silesia, Feb. 25, 1847; studied at Berlin, 1863-66 became a istant preacher in St. Lucas', Berlin, 1870; pastor at Langheinersdorf, Brandenburg, 1871; at Klemzig, 1876; profe or and geistlicher Inspector am Kloster U. I. Frauen, and president of the theological seminary, Magdeburg, 1882; ordinary profe or of pastoral theology, Kiel, 1886. In 1883 he participated with the archivist Jacobs and Prof. Dr. Koestlin in founding the Verein fur Reformations Geschichte, of which he has since been the editor., He is the author of Johann Agricola von Eisleben, Berlin, 1881; Caspar Giittel.* Ein Lebensbild aus Luther's Freundeskreise, Halle, 1882; five articles against Jan en in Zeitschrift fiir kirchl. Wis sens chaft und kirchl. Leben, 1882 and 1883; the introduction to the reprint of Von der Winckelme e und Pfaffen Weihe. D. Martin Luther, Halle, 1883; and that of Pa ional Christ i und Antichrisli, Berlin, 1885; edited the Briefwechsel des Justus Jonas, 1884-85, 2 parts; the third (1885) and fourth (1886) volumes of the Weimar edition of Luther's works.