Johann Friedrich Schleusner

Johann Friedrich Schleusner (16 January 1759 – 21 February 1831) was a German Protestant theologian.

He enrolled on 19 May 1775 at the University of Leipzig, where he obtained a "Magister" degree in Theology on 18 February 1779.

[1] In 1817, the government established a post-graduate seminary at Wittenburg, appointing Carl Ludwig Nitzsch as its head and Schleusner as second director, but placing the third director, Heinrich Leonhard Heubner in charge of affairs.

Schleusner was married to Sophie Christiane Weber (7 February 1768 – 30 July 1801).

[4] The lexicon has been criticized for needlessly multiplying definitions of words, and not being truly scientific.