Gottlieb Nathaniel Bonwetsch

Gottlieb (Georg) Nathanael Bonwetsch (5 February 1848 – 18 July 1925) was a Russian-born German Protestant theologian.

He was born in Norka, Saratov province in Russia, where his father was pastor.

In 1881 obtained his doctorate in theology and his first academic position was at Dorpat (1882).

[1] His main area of work was the history of dogma involving the Early Christian Church.

He also made contributions to the critical edition and commentary on the works of Methodius of Olympus and Hippolytus of Rome.