HAUSRATH

hausrath, adolph (1837-1909), german theologian, was born at karlsruhe on the 13th of january 1837 and was educated at jena, gottingen, berlin and heidelberg, where he became _privatdozent_ in 1861, professor extraordinary in 1867 and ordinary professor in 1872. he was a disciple of the tubingen school and a strong protestant. among other works he wrote _der apostel paulus_ (1865), _neutestamentliche zeitgeschichte_ (1868-1873, 4 vols.; eng. trans.), _d. f. strauss und die theologie seiner zeit_ (1876-1878, 2 vols.), and lives of _richard rothe_ (2 vols. 1902), and _luther_ (1904). his scholarship was sound and his style vigorous. under the pseudonym george taylor he wrote several historical romances, especially _antinous_ (1880), which quickly ran through five editions, and is the story of a soul "which courted death because the objective restraints of faith had been lost." _klytia_ (1883) was a 16th-century story, _jetta_ (1884) a tale of the great immigrations, and _elfriede_ "a romance of the rhine." he died on the 2nd of august 1909.