Bahrdt

Bahrdt, Karl Friedrich, was born at Bischoswerda in 1741, and early attracted attention by his theological opinions, which inclined to Socinianism, if not to simple Deism. He began to teach at Leipsic, became professor of Biblical antiquities at Erfurt, was expelled for his heretical and revolutionary ideas and his aggressive temper, and settled at Halle. His political pamphlets got him into trouble, and he gave up lecturing for the trade of tavern-keeper, dying in 1792.