Johann Eduard (Eduard) Erdmann (1805–92)

German philosopher. Studied theology in Dorpat; Hegelian philosophy in Berlin, 1826. Ordained, 1828; pastor in Livonia until 1832. DPhil, Kiel, 1830. Habilitated in philosophy, Berlin, 1834; professor extraordinarius, 1836; professor, Halle, 1839. Member of the Naturforschende Gesellschaft zu Halle (Natural Science Society of Halle) from 1848; committee member, 1879.