WALCH, JOHANN GEORG, an eminent German divine, was born at Meiningen in 1693. He studied divinity and philology at Jena, where he was subsequently appointed extraordinary professor of divinity in 1724, and ordinary professor of divinity in 1726. He died in 1775.
The works of J. G. Walch are alike numerous and excellent. His Philosophisches Lexicon, 1728; his Historia Critica Latinae Linguae, 1716; his Historische und Theologische Einleitung, 5 vols. 1724-33, and 5 vols. 1730-39; his Bibliotheca Patristica, 1720; his Bibliotheca Theologica selecta, 4 vols., 1757-65; and his Dr Martin Luther's Sammlliche Schriften, in 24 vols., Halle, 1740-60; all contain unmistakable traces of vigour, zeal, and uncommon industry. The following three sons were almost as distinguished as their father.