Olshausen, HERMANN, theologian, was born at Oldeslohe in Holstein, 21st August 1796, studied at Kiel and at Berlin under Neander, and became professor at Berlin (1821), Königsberg (1827), and Erlangen (1834). He died 4th September 1839. His principal work was a complete commentary on the New Testament, completed by Ebrard and
Wiesinger (1830 et seq.; Eng. trans. 4 vols. 1847-49; rev. ed. 6 vols. New York, 1856-58). His younger brother Justus (1800-82) was a distinguished Orientalist; and Theodore (1802-69) took a prominent part in the Sleswick-Holstein rising, 1848.