Friedrich Michael Ziegenhagen

The Reverend Friedrich Michael Ziegenhagen (1694 – 24 January 1776) was a German-English clergyman, who worked as a court preacher for the Hanoverian King George I of Great Britain.

He was born in Naugard, Prussian Province of Pomerania (modern Nowogard, Poland) in 1694.

In April 1714, he began to study theology at University of Halle where he was influenced by August Hermann Francke.

After finishing his studies he became a private teacher in the home of Count von Platen at Linden near Hanover.

Moreover he maintained contacts between those Pietists and the missions in North America – particularly the community of Salzburgers at Ebenezer, Georgia – and in Southern India (Tranquebar, Madras) where he also supported the Danish-Halle Mission.