Karl Christian Ulmann (,

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) was a

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. From 1810 to 1814, he studied theology at the

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(now University of Tartu), then continued his education at the universities of

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. From 1817 to 1834, he served as pastor at St. Peters Capelle- Kremon. From 1835 to 1842, he was a professor of theology at Dorpat, where in 1839-1841 he was university rector. In 1844 he returned to Riga as an officer of the

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''Oberlandschulbehörde''.Ulmann, Karl Christian
NDB/ADB Deutsche BiographieDie Agrargesetzgebung Livlands im 19. Jahrhundert, Volume 1 by Alexander Tobien
(biography in German) In 1856 he was named vice-president of the Evangelical Lutheran General Consistorium in

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, later being appointed ''Bischofswurde'' (March 1858).

Selected writings

* ''Sammlung geistlicher Lieder für Gemeindegenossen der evangelisch-lutherischen Kirchen'', 1843 - Collection of spiritual songs for the evangelical

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. * ''Das gegewartige Verhältnis der evangelischen Brudergemeinde zur evangelisch-lutherischen Kirche in Liv- und Ehstland'', 1862 - Current ratio involving the evangelical brotherhood to the evangelical Lutheran church in

and

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. * Lettisches wörterbuch'', 1872

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n dictionary. * ''Deutsch-lettisches Wörterbuch'', 1880 - German-Latvian dictionary.WorldCat Search
(published works)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ulmann, Karl Christian 1793 births 1871 deaths Clergy from Riga 19th-century German Protestant theologians German Lutheran theologians 19th-century German Lutheran clergy Academic staff of the University of Tartu Baltic-German people from the Russian Empire 19th-century German male writers German male non-fiction writers