Philipp Friedrich Hiller

HILLER, Philipp Friedrich. b. Mühlhausen-an-der-Enz, 6 January 1699; d. Steinheim, near Heidenheim, 24 April 1769. He was educated at school at the Protestant monastery school of Denkendorf, where the great Swabian Pietist Johann Albrecht Bengel* was a preceptor and preacher. This was followed by three years at the monastery school at Maulbronn (1716-19), after which he studied at the Stift (seminary) of the University of Tübingen. He became assistant pastor at Brettach (1724-27) and Hessigheim (1727-28), before returning to Mühlhausen, and then becoming a private tutor in Nürnberg (1729-31). He became pastor of Neckargröningen, near Marbach (1732-36), Mühlhausen (1736-48), and Steinheim...