Wolfgang Friedrich Gess
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Wolfgang Heinrich Christian Friedrich Gess (also spelled Geß) (* 27 July 1819 in Kirchheim unter Teck; † 1 June 1891 in Wernigerode) was a German Lutheran theologian.
Gess was a teacher of theology in Basel from 1850 to 1864.[1] After that, he became Professor of Systematic Theology in Göttingen, moving to Breslau in 1871.[1] In 1880, he succeeded the deceased general superintendent of the Old Prussian, Friedrich Cranz (1809–1878), in Posen. He headed the Church province of Posen until 1885, at which point he had to retire due to heart issues.[1] He was succeeded by Johannes Hesekiel, and settled down in Wernigerode [citation needed].
He was the father of historian Felician Gess (1861–1938).
