Johann G. Schoner
1749-1818
Born in Rugheim, Bavaria, Johann Gottfried Schoner was the son of a pastor. After his studies at the University of Leipzig and Erlangen, he became the tutor of the family of Herr von Winkler at Nuremberg, Bavaria. He was greatly influenced by Winkler and later was appointed the stadtpfarrer (head pastor). Schoner was a popular preacher and was especially successful with children. He took great interest in circulating the Bible and founded the Nuremberg Bible Society in 1805. His hymns attained considerable popularity, and many were printed. After 1799 he began to suffer "afflictions of the nerves." He then retired in 1817 and died in 1818 in Nuremberg.
Born in Rugheim, Bavaria, Johann Gottfried Schoner was the son of a pastor. After his studies at the University of Leipzig and Erlangen, he became the tutor of the family of Herr von Winkler at Nuremberg, Bavaria. He was greatly influenced by Winkler and later was appointed the stadtpfarrer (head pastor). Schoner was a popular preacher and was especially successful with children. He took great interest in circulating the Bible and founded the Nuremberg Bible Society in 1805. His hymns attained considerable popularity, and many were printed. After 1799 he began to suffer "afflictions of the nerves." He then retired in 1817 and died in 1818 in Nuremberg.