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PAUL GERHARDT (c. 1606–1676)

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Originally appearing in Volume V11, Page 769 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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PAUL GERHARDT (c. 1606–1676)  , German hymn-write;, was born of a good
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middle-class
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family at Grafenliainichen, a small
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town on the railway between Halle and
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Wittenberg, in 16o6 or 1607—some authorities, indeed, give the date March 12, 16o7, but neither the
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year nor the day is accurately known . His
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education appears to have been retarded by the troubles of the period, the
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Thirty Years' War having begun about the time he reached his twelfth year .

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