Friedrich von Gerok, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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German writer
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Place of Birth: Weilheim an der Teck, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
About Friedrich von Gerok
- Friedrich von Gerok (19 November 1786 in Weilheim – 2 July 1865 in Stuttgart) was a German theologian. After studying Gerok began his professional career in 1806, and from 1809 to 1811 he was librarian at Tübingen.
- From 1811 to 1814 he was assistant to the professor of classical literature at the University of Tübingen.
- In 1813 and 1814 he was a deacon in Vaihingen an der Enz and in 1815 at the Stuttgart Collegiate.
- In 1836 he was deacon and preacher at the hospital in Stuttgart.
- In 1848 he was appointed General Superintendent in Ludwigsburg, a position he held until his retirement in 1860. In 1853 Gerok was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Order of the Württemberg Crown.
- He was the father of Karl von Gerok.
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