Otto von Gerlach was a German theologian. He started
his career in 1835, as preacher at the Saint Elisabeth church
in Berlin. He was also involved with social work. In the course
of this work he founded an association of unemployed persons
and he appealed to King Frederick William IV of Prussia, for
support for the construction of a hospital. In 1847, Otto
von Gerlach was appointed by the king as the fourth most important
minister. In 1849, he was appointed as a professor to the
University of Berlin.
In 1856, his Bible translation, which was a large-scale
revision of the old and New Testament from the text of Luther,
was published.
