JOHANN CHRISTIAN WILHELM AUGUSTI. German Protestant theologian, born on 27 Oct. 1771 at Eschenbergen, died at Coblenz on 28 Apr. 1841. In 1803 he became professor of theology at Breslau, and in 1819 at Bonn. He was one of the most learned Protestant theologians of the 19th century, especially distinguished for his services to Christian archaeology.
He published many works, the best known of which are the following: *Die Apocryphen des Alten Testaments* (Leipzig 1806); *Grundriss einer historisch-kritischen Einleitung in das Alte Testament* (ibid. 1806); *Dogmengeschichte* (ibid. 1808); *System der christlichen Dogmatik nach dem Lehrbegriff der evangelischen Kirche* (ibid. 1809); *Lehrbuch der christlichen Altertümer* (ibid. 1819); *Denkwürdigkeiten aus der christlichen Archäologie* (12 vols., ibid. 1817–31); *Handbuch der christlichen Archäologie* (3 vols., ibid. 1837); *Beiträge zur christlichen Kunstgeschichte und Liturgie* (2 vols., ibid. 1841).