Martin Herbst

Born: January 15, 1654, Rotenbach, Germany.
Died: 1681, Eisleben, Germany, of plague.

Martin Herbst (1654-1681) was a German Lutheran clergyman. Herbst stu­died at St. Lo­renz School in Nürn­berg, and read the­ol­o­gy and phi­lo­so­phy at Alt­dorf and Je­na. He was made Rec­tor of the Gym­na­si­um in Eis­le­ben in 1680, and lat­er became pas­tor of St. An­dre­as church in the same town.

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