Surname: Gerhardt Forename(s): Paul b. 12 March 1607. d. 7 June 1676. Nationality: German. VIAF.
Poet, hymn writer, and Lutheran clergyman. Born in Gräfenheinichen, Saxony, Germany.
Educated at the University of Wittenberg. Ordained in 1651. Employed as a tutor in
Berlin for Andreas Bartholdâs family and married his daughter, Anna Maria Barthold,
in 1655. Archdeacon at Lubben (1669-1676). Biographical information: Hymnary. (CC)