BOCHINGER, Jean-Jacques (Johann Jacob B.). Strasbourg 28.11.1802 — Strasbourg 12.8.1831. Alsatian Protestant Theologian. Of humble origin, studies at Protestant Seminary and Theological Faculty of Strasbourg, then at Heidelberg and Göttingen. For a while private tutor in Lyon, then further studies in Paris (Sanskrit under Burnouf). Then teacher and from 1830 minister in Strasbourg. Dr.th. He had many plans, but succumbed to a malady.

Publications: Diss. La vie contemplative, ascétique et monastique chez les Indous et chez des peuples bouddhistes. 10+242 p. Strasbourg 1831.

– Wrote on Protestant theology in German and Latin.

Sources: La Faculté de théologie et le Séminaire protestant de Strasbourg (1803-1872): une page de l’histoire de l’Alsace. 1923, 146; R. Reuss, “ Un candidat en théologie alsacien à Paris en 1827-1828”, RHR 1922, 219-233.