Johannes Baptista von Albertini (17 February 1769 – 6 December 1831) was a German

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and

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of the

Moravian Church The Moravian Church, or the Moravian Brethren ( or ), formally the (Latin: "Unity of the Brethren"), is one of the oldest Protestant denominations in Christianity, dating back to the Bohemian Reformation of the 15th century and the original ...

. He was born in the town of

Neuwied Neuwied (, ) is a town in the north of the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate, capital of the Neuwied (district), District of Neuwied. Neuwied lies on the east bank of the Rhine, 12 km northwest of Koblenz, on the railway from Frankfurt ...

. He studied

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Niesky Niesky (; Polish and Sorbian: ''Niska'' ; ) is a small town in Upper Lusatia in eastern Saxony, Germany. It has a population of about 9,200 (2020) and is part of the district of Görlitz. Historically considered part of Upper Lusatia, it was a ...

and at the

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in Barby. During this period he became a friend of

Friedrich Schleiermacher Friedrich Daniel Ernst Schleiermacher (; ; 21 November 1768 – 12 February 1834) was a German Reformed Church, Reformed theology, theologian, philosopher, and biblical scholar known for his attempt to reconcile the criticisms of the Age o ...

(1768–1834), who later became a renowned

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. In 1796 Albertini became a lecturer at the seminary in Niesky, and in 1804 was a minister in Niesky. In 1814 he was elected

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, and in 1824 was chairman of the ''Unitätsältestenkonferenz'', the denomination's executive board, in Berthelsdorf. He was a gifted speaker and a highly influential minister, and in 1805 a compilation of his sermons was published as ''30 Predigten für Freunde und Mitglieder der Brüdergemeine'' (Thirty Sermons for Friends and Members of the Moravian Brethren's Church). In the field of

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he was co-author with

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(1780–1834) of a work on

Upper Lusatia Upper Lusatia (, ; , ; ; or ''Milsko''; ) is a historical region in Germany and Poland. Along with Lower Lusatia to the north, it makes up the region of Lusatia, named after the Polabian Slavs, Slavic ''Lusici'' tribe. Both parts of Lusatia a ...

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titled ''Conspectus Fungorum in Lusatiae superioris agro Niskiensi crescentium e methodo Persooniana''. This publication described 1130 species, of which 127 were considered to be new species. The plant genus '' Albertinia'' within the family

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was named in his honor in 1821.Sprengel, Curt Polycarp Joachim. 1820. Neue Entdeckungen im Ganzen Umfang der Pflanzenkunde 2: 133-134
see page 134 '' Albertiniella'' which is a

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in the family Cephalothecaceae of the

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, was published in 1936.

Selected works

* ''Conspectus fungorum in Lusatiae Superioris agro Niskiensi crescentium. E methodo Persooniana : Cum tabulis XII aeneis pictis, species novas XCIII sistentibus.'' Lipsiae : Sumtibus Kummerianis, 1805 * ''Geistliche Lieder.'' Bunzlau, 1821. * ''Dreiszig Predigten : Für Mitglieder und Freunde der Brüdergemeine.'' evangelische Brüder-Unität (3rd edition 1829). * ''Sechs und dreissig Reden, an die Gemeine in Herrnhut in den Jahren von 1818 bis 1824 gehalten.'' Gnadau, 1832–33. * ''Sammlung auserlesener Predigten zur Beförderung des wahren Christenthums : erster Theil, enthaltend dreissig Predigten.'' Reutlingen : Verlag der Schriften für wahres Christenthum, in Commission der J. Raach'schen Buchhandlung, 1840. * ''Mit Israel am Berge : Gedichte über Matth. 5, 1-11.'' Gnadau : In Commission bei C.H. Pemsel, 1864.

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