Karl August Traugott Vogt, name sometimes given as Carl Vogt (15 March 1808 – 22 January 1869) was a German Protestant theologian. He was the father of philologist Friedrich Vogt (1851–1923).
Karl August Traugott Vogt | |
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| Born | March 15, 1808 |
| Died | January 22, 1869 (aged 60) |
| Nationality | German |
| Education | Humboldt University of Berlin |
| Children | Friedrich Vogt |
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| Language | German |
Vogt was born in Wittenberg. In 1830 he obtained his habilitation at the University of Berlin, where he later became an associate professor of church history and practical theology.[1] During his time spent in Berlin, he gave sermons at the Trinity Church. In 1837 he relocated as a full professor to the University of Greifswald,[2] where on three occasions he served as university rector (1846/47, 1855/56 and 1862/63).[3] In Greifswald, he also served as an ecclesiastical superintendent and as a member of the Consistory.[2] He died in Greifswald, aged 60.
Selected works
edit- Neoplatonismus und Christenthum ; Untersuchungen über die angeblichen Schriften Dionysius des Areopagiten, 1836 – Neoplatonism and Christianity; Studies on the alleged writings of Dionysius the Areopagite.
- Johannes Bugenhagen, Pomeranus : Leben und ausgewählte Schriften, 1867 – Johannes Bugenhagen, Pomeranus; life and selected writings.[4]
With Anton Friedrich Ludwig Pelt and Georg Friedrich Heinrich Rheinwald, he edited the Homiliarum Patristicum.[2]