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Tischendorf

LOBEGOTT FRIED- RICH KONSTANTIN (tish'en-dorf), a German Biblical critic; born in Lengenfeld, Saxony, Jan. 18, 1815; studied at Leipsic; and in 1845 became professor extraordinary there, becoming Professor Ordinary of Theology in 1859. He made several visits to the East, and brought back valuable MSS., the most remarkable being (in 1859) the very famous Sinaitic Codex. Tischendorf was continually engaged in editorial labors, and wa TISCHENDORF TISSUE broken down by overwork in 1873. He Poets" (4 vols. 1825-1830); "Complete died in Leipsic, Dec. 7, 1874.

History of the French French Revolution" (6 vols. 1833-1836). He died in 1854.

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