ALTING (Henry), professor of divinity at Heidelberg and Groningen, born at Embden, Feb. 17. 1583, of a family which had been long conspicuous in Frisland. His father, Meno Alting, was the first, who, with two others, preached the reformation in the territory of Groningen, about the year 1566, under the tyrannical government of the duke of Alva; and the first that preached in the great church of Gronin-
gen, after the reduction of that town by the States General in 1594. Henry was chosen, in 1605, preceptor to the three young counts of Nassau, Solms, and Izenberg. After various difficulties, he settled at Groningen, where he continued till his death, August 25. 1644. He was a found protestant divine, a pious Christian, a useful member of society in many respects, and one who suffered much for the truth. Most of his works were never published; those which have been, are the following: Notæ in decadem problematum J. Behm, 1618. Loci communes explicatio catecheseos Palatiniæ, 1646, in 3 vols. Exegetis Augustianæ confes. 1647. Methodus theologiae, 1650. It appears from the catalogue of his works annexed to his life, that the Medulla kisl. prophaneæ, published by D. Pareus, was composed by Alting. The most remarkable piece among Alting's MSS. is The ecclesiastical history of the Palatinate, from the reformation to the administration of John Casimir.