Johann Michael Feder

Johann Michael Feder (25 May 1753 at Oellingen in Bavaria – 26 July 1824 at Würzburg) was a German Roman Catholic theologian.

He studied in the episcopal seminary of Würzburg from 1772–1777; in the latter year he was ordained priest and promoted to the licentiate in theology.

For several years Feder was chaplain of the Julius hospital; in 1785 he was appointed extraordinary professor of theology and Semitic languages at the University of Würzburg.

Shortly after his removal from office as librarian, November, 1811, he suffered a stroke of apoplexy, from which he never fully recovered.

Feder was a prolific writer, editor, and translator, imbued with the liberal views of his time.