George William Alberti

George William Alberti (1723 – 3 September 1758) was a German essayist and theologian, who spent many years in England.

Biography

He was born at Osterode am Harz in 1723, and studied philosophy and theology under Heumann and Oporin at Göttingen, where he graduated in 1745. He spent some years in England, where, besides the connection between Hanover and England, he may have had ancestral ties. (There was a George Alberti of Wadham College, M.A., 1631.) He became minister of Tundern in Hanover, and died there on 3 September 1758.

Works

He published:

Diss. de Pseudothaumaturgis Pharaonis, 1744
De Imputabilitate Somni (graduation thesis), 1745
Some Thoughts on the Essay on Natural Religion, 1747
Aufr. Nachricht von der Rel. . . . der Quäker, 1750
Briefe betreffend den allerneuesten Zustand der Rel. und der Wissenschaften in Gross-Britannien, 1752–4

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References

This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: "Alberti, George William". Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.

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