Johannes Baptista von Albertini (17 February 1769 – 6 December 1831) was a German

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and

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of the

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. He was born in the town of

Neuwied Neuwied () is a town in the north of the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate, capital of the District of Neuwied. Neuwied lies on the east bank of the Rhine, 12 km northwest of Koblenz, on the railway from Frankfurt am Main to Cologne. Th ...

. He studied

theology Theology is the systematic study of the nature of the divine and, more broadly, of religious belief. It is taught as an academic discipline, typically in universities and seminaries. It occupies itself with the unique content of analyzing the ...

Niesky Niesky ( Sorbian and pl, Niska, cz, Nízké) is a small town in Upper Lusatia in eastern Saxony, Germany. It has a population of about 9,200 (2020) and is part of the district of Görlitz. Historically considered part of Upper Lusatia, it was ...

and at the

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in Barby. During this period he became a friend of

Friedrich Schleiermacher Friedrich Daniel Ernst Schleiermacher (; 21 November 1768 – 12 February 1834) was a German Reformed theologian, philosopher, and biblical scholar known for his attempt to reconcile the criticisms of the Enlightenment with traditional P ...

(1768–1834), who later became a renowned

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. In 1796 Albertini became a lecturer at the seminary in Niesky, and in 1804 was a minister in Niesky. In 1814 he was elected

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, and in 1824 was chairman of the ''Unitätsältestenkonferenz'', the denomination's executive board, in

Berthelsdorf Berthelsdorf ( hsb, Batromjecy) is a former municipality in the district of Görlitz, in the southeastern part of Saxony, Germany. On 1 January 2013, it was incorporated into the town of Herrnhut.mycology Mycology is the branch of biology concerned with the study of fungi, including their genetic and biochemical properties, their taxonomy and their use to humans, including as a source for tinder, traditional medicine, food, and entheogens, as ...

he was co-author with

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(1780–1834) of a work on

Upper Lusatia Upper Lusatia (german: Oberlausitz ; hsb, Hornja Łužica ; dsb, Górna Łužyca; szl, Gōrnŏ Łużyca; pl, Łużyce Górne or ''Milsko''; cz, Horní Lužice) is a historical region in Germany and Poland. Along with Lower Lusatia to the ...

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titled ''Conspectus Fungorum in Lusatiae superioris agro Niskiensi crescentium e methodo Persooniana''. This publication described 1130 species, of which 127 were considered to be new species. The plant genus ''

Albertinia ''Albertinia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the daisy family described as a genus in 1820.Asteraceae The family Asteraceae, alternatively Compositae, consists of over 32,000 known species of flowering plants in over 1,900 genera within the order Asterales. Commonly referred to as the aster, daisy, composite, or sunflower family, Compositae w ...

was named in his honor in 1821.Sprengel, Curt Polycarp Joachim. 1820. Neue Entdeckungen im Ganzen Umfang der Pflanzenkunde 2: 133-134
see page 134 '' Albertiniella'' which is a

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in the family Cephalothecaceae of the

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, was published in 1936.

Selected works

* ''Conspectus fungorum in Lusatiae Superioris agro Niskiensi crescentium. E methodo Persooniana : Cum tabulis XII aeneis pictis, species novas XCIII sistentibus.'' Lipsiae : Sumtibus Kummerianis, 1805 * ''Geistliche Lieder.'' Bunzlau, 1821. * ''Dreiszig Predigten : Für Mitglieder und Freunde der Brüdergemeine.'' evangelische Brüder-Unität (3rd edition 1829). * ''Sechs und dreissig Reden, an die Gemeine in Herrnhut in den Jahren von 1818 bis 1824 gehalten.'' Gnadau, 1832–33. * ''Sammlung auserlesener Predigten zur Beförderung des wahren Christenthums : erster Theil, enthaltend dreissig Predigten.'' Reutlingen : Verlag der Schriften für wahres Christenthum, in Commission der J. Raach'schen Buchhandlung, 1840. * ''Mit Israel am Berge : Gedichte über Matth. 5, 1-11.'' Gnadau : In Commission bei C.H. Pemsel, 1864.

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