1801–1874

Introduction

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Born: March 4, 1801, Ba­sel, Swit­zer­land.

Died: June 7, 1874, Ba­sel, Swit­zer­land.

Biography

Hagenbach was the son of C. F. Ha­gen­bach, pro­fess­or of me­di­cine at Ba­sel.

He stu­died at the Uni­ver­si­ties of Ba­sel, Bonn, and Ber­lin, re­turn­ing to Ba­sel in 1823 as a uni­ver­si­ty lec­tur­er on church his­to­ry. He was ap­point­ed pro­fess­or of church his­to­ry in 1829.

Works

Hagenbach’s hymns ap­peared main­ly in his Ge­dichte (Ba­sel, Swit­zer­land: 1846), a book of po­ems.

His oth­er works in­clude:

Sources

Lyrics

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