J. H. (Johann Heinrich) Kurtz

Born on December 13, 1809, in Monschau near Aachen, Johann Heinrich Kurtz was educated at Halle and Bonn after turning away from a commercial career to study theology. He became a religious instructor at the gymnasium in Mitau in 1835 and later served as professor of theology at Dorpat, where he taught church history and then exegesis.

Kurtz is best remembered as a Lutheran theologian, exegete, and church historian. He wrote extensively on sacred and church history, and his historical surveys became especially well known for presenting large subjects in an organized, readable way.

After resigning his chair in 1870, he lived in Marburg, where he died on April 26, 1890. A suitable verified portrait image could not be confirmed from the sources reviewed, so no profile image is included.