Gottfried Daniel Krummacher (1 April 1774 in

Tecklenburg Tecklenburg () is a town in the district of Steinfurt, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Its name comes from the ruined castle around which it was built. The town is situated on the Hermannsweg hiking trail. The coat of arms shows an anchor a ...

– 30 January 1837 in Elberfeld) was a German

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clergyman. He was a brother of

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Friedrich Adolf Krummacher Friedrich Adolf Krummacher (July 13, 1767 – April 14, 1845) was a German Reformed theologian and a writer of devotional poetry and prose. Biography He was born in Tecklenburg, Westphalia. Having studied theology at Lingen and Halle, he became s ...

. He studied theology at the

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and became a pastor in Bärl (today part of Duisburg; 1798),

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(1801) and Elberfeld (1816). He was the leader of the

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. He published several volumes of sermons, including one entitled ''Die Wanderungen Israels durch die Wüste nach Kanaan'' (1834, translated into English and published a
''Israel's wanderings in the wilderness''
2 volumes 1837–38); ''Die evangelische Heiligung'' (Elberfeld, 1832); ''Tagliches Manna'' (Daily Manna; 1838) and ''Jakobs Kampf und Sieg'' (translated into English and published as ''Jacob wrestling with the angel'', 1841).Most widely held works by G. D Krummacher
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* * 1774 births 1837 deaths German Calvinist and Reformed ministers People from Tecklenburg German male writers {{Germany-reli-bio-stub