Friedrich Willhelm Heinrich Joachim Gass, a German theologian, born in Breslau, Nov. 28, 1813. After studying at the principal universities, he became professor of theology successively at Breslau, Greifswalde, Giessen, and Heidelberg, where he has been since 1868. His principal work is Geschidite der protestan-tischen Dogmatik im Zusammenhange mit der Tlieologie uberhaupt (4 vols., Berlin, 1854-67).