Julius Köbner
Julius Johannes Wilhelm Köbner | |
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| Born | Salomon Købner 11 June 1806 |
| Died | 2 February 1884 (aged 77) |
| Occupation(s) | Baptist pastor and church founder |
| Spouses | Juliane Johanna Wilhelmina von Schröter
(died 1868)Dorothea Stagsted
(m. 1875; died 1879) |
Julius Johannes Wilhelm Köbner, originally Salomon Købner, (11 June 1806 – 2 February 1884), was one of the founding fathers of Northern European Baptists, along with Johann Gerhard Oncken and Gottfried Wilhelm Lehmann, known as the Baptist "cloverleaf" (Kleeblatt). In addition to his extensive missionary and teaching activities in the young free church, his work as a hymnwriter and author is notable.