12 September 1805 A.D. Johann Jakob Herzog Born—Reformed Professor of Church History & Co-Editor of Large Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge
12 September 1805 A.D. Johann Jakob Herzog Born—Reformed Professor of Church History & Co-Editor of Large Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge Graves, Dan. “John J. Herzog’s Huge Church Encyclopedia.” Christianity.com. Jul 2007. http://www.christianity.com/church/church-history/timeline/1801-1900/john-j-herzogs-huge-church-encyclopedia-11630351.html . Accessed 21 May 2014. One of a church-historian's valuable resources is the Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge. John Jacob Herzog--the Herzog of the encyclopedia title--was born on this day, September 12, 1805, probably in Basel, Switzerland. The Herzog family had recently moved there from Wurtemburg. John was left an orphan at a young age and relatives raised him. He showed himself an apt pupil of the sciences and then of theology , studying with such notable individuals as the mathematician Christoph Bernoulli and with theologians Schleiermacher and Neander. He beca...