About Wolfgang Gess
Lived 1819 – 1891 (aged 71). Wolfgang Gess was a German university teacher and protestant theologian.
Wolfgang Heinrich Christian Friedrich Gess (also spelled Geß) (* 27 July 1819 in Kirchheim unter Teck; † 1 June 1891 in Wernigerode) was a German Lutheran theologian.
Life Gess was a teacher of theology in Basel from 1850 to 1864. After that, he became Professor of Systematic Theology in Göttingen, moving to Breslau in 1871.
Works Die Lehre von der Person Christi (The Doctrine of the Person of Christ, 1856) Christi Person und Werk I-III (Christ's Person and Work, 1870–77)
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Who was Wolfgang Gess?
German theologian (1819–1891)
When was Wolfgang Gess born?
Wolfgang Gess was born on 27 July 1819 in Kirchheim unter Teck.
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Wolfgang Gess died on 1 June 1891 in Wernigerode.
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Wolfgang Gess was a university teacher and protestant theologian.
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Wolfgang Gess was German.
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