Andreas Gottlieb Masch (5 December 1724 – 26 October 1807) was a German Lutheran

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and scholar. He acted as superintendent for

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and became court-preacher to the

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, where he died. He is also known as Andreas Gottlieb Masch the Elder to distinguish him from his son of the same name.

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1724 births 1807 deaths German Lutheran theologians 18th-century German Lutheran clergy 19th-century German Lutheran clergy {{Germany-theologian-stub