Gottfried Daniel Krummacher

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Gottfried Daniel Krummacher (1 April 1774 in Tecklenburg – 30 January 1837 in Elberfeld) was a German Reformed clergyman. He was a brother of theologian Friedrich Adolf Krummacher.

He studied theology at the University of Duisburg and became a pastor in Baerl (today part of Duisburg; 1798), Wülfrath (1801) and Elberfeld (1816).[1] He was the leader of the Pietists of Wuppertal.[2]

He published several volumes of sermons, including one entitled Die Wanderungen Israels durch die Wüste nach Kanaan[2] (1834, translated into English and published as 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).[3]

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  •  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domainChisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Krummacher, Friedrich Adolf s.v. Gottfried Daniel Krummacher". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 15 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 933.
  • Ripley, George; Dana, Charles A., eds. (1879). "Krummacher, Friedrich Adolf" . The American Cyclopædia.