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(Johann Georg; December 2, 1773–July 10, 1826). B. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; educ. U. of Pennsylvania; tutored for ministry by J. H. C. Helmuth. Pennsylvania Ministerium pastor Lebanon, Pennsylvania, 1794–1815; Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, 1815–26. Pres. The Ev. Luth. Gen. Syn. of the US of N. Am. 1821. Works include The History, Doctrine and Discipline of the Evangelical Lutheran Church; Principles of the Christian Religion.

C. A. Hay, Memoirs of Rev. Jacob Goering, Rev. George Lochmann, DD, and Rev. Benjamin Kurtz, DD, LL.D. (Philadelphia, 1887).