Born: April 15, 1749, Rügheim (near Hassfurt), Bavaria.
Died: June 28, 1818, Nuremberg, Germany.
Johann was the son of J. G. Schöner, pastor at Rügheim.
He studied at the universities of Leipzig and Erlangen.
In 1722, he became a tutor in the family of Herr von Winkler at Nuremberg. By his influence, he was appointed, in September 1773, as preacher at St. Margaret’s Chapel, in the Kaiserburg at Nuremberg. In 1773, he was appointed diaconus of St. Lawrence’s Church where, in 1809, he became the Stadtpfarrer (chief pastor).
Schöner was a popular preacher, and was especially successful with children. He took a great interest in circulating the Bible, and founded the Nuremberg Bible Society in 1805.
After 1799 Schöner began to suffer from nervous afflictions.
He retired in October 1817.
Schöner’s hymns attained considerable popularity, and a number were printed separately, or in magazines. The most important of the collected editions were:
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