1910–1911
Britannica 11th
Encyclopaedia Britannica · 11th edition
TERSTEEGEN, GERHARD (1697-1769), German religious writer, was born on the zsth of November 1697, at Mb'rs, at that time the capital of a countship belonging to the house of Orange-Nassau (it fell to Prussia in 1702), which formed a Protestant enclave in the midst of a Catholic country. After being educated at the gymnasium of his native town, Tersteegen was for some years apprenticed to a merchant. He soon came under the influence of Wilhelm Hoffman, a pietistic revivalist, and devoted himself to writing and public…
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