George William Alberti (1723 – 3 September 1758) was a German essayist and theologian, who spent many years in England.
Biography
He was born at
Osterode am Harz
Osterode am Harz, often simply called Osterode (; Eastphalian dialect, Eastphalian: ''Ostroe''), is a town in south-eastern Lower Saxony, Niedersachsen on the south-western edge of the Harz mountains. It was the seat of government of the Landkr ...
in 1723, and studied philosophy and theology under Heumann and Oporin at
Göttingen
Göttingen (, , ; nds, Chöttingen) is a college town, university city in Lower Saxony, central Germany, the Capital (political), capital of Göttingen (district), the eponymous district. The River Leine runs through it. At the end of 2019, t ...
, where he graduated in 1745. He spent some years in England. He became minister of
Tundern in Hanover, and died there on 3 September 1758.
Works
He published:
*''Diss. de Pseudothaumaturgis Pharaonis'', 1744
*''De Imputabilitate Somni'' (graduation thesis), 1745
*''Some Thoughts on the Essay on Natural Religion'', 1747
*''Aufr. Nachricht von der Rel. . . . der Quäker'', 1750
*''Briefe betreffend den allerneuesten Zustand der Rel. und der Wissenschaften in Gross-Britannien'', 1752–4
References
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German essayists
German Protestant clergy
1723 births
1758 deaths
German male essayists
People from Osterode am Harz
18th-century German writers
18th-century German clergy
18th-century German male writers
18th-century essayists