Sep­tem­ber 19, 1799, Rüm­ling­en, Ba­sel Can­ton, Swit­zer­land.

Jan­u­a­ry 13, 1871, Ba­sel, Swit­zer­land.

Son of Al­ex­an­der Preis­werk, pas­tor at Rüm­ling­en, Sam­u­el stu­died at the Un­i­ver­si­ties of Ba­sel, Tü­bin­gen, and Er­lan­gen, and was for some time Cur­ate in Charge at Benk­en, Ba­sel Can­ton. In 1824, he was ap­point­ed preach­er at the Ba­sel Or­phan­age, and in 1829 He­brew tu­tor at the Ba­sel mis­sion house. In 1830, he be­came pas­tor of Mut­tenz (near Ba­sel), but had to leave up­on the out­break of the Re­vo­lu­tion of 1832. Af­ter be­ing pro­fess­or of Old Tes­ta­ment Ex­e­ge­sis and Or­i­ent­al Lan­guag­es in the Evan­gel­i­cal the­o­lo­gi­cal In­sti­tute in Ge­ne­va (1834-7), he re­turned to Ba­sel, where he be­came pas­tor of St. Le­o­nard’s Church in 1843, and an­tis­tes, or high­est dig­ni­ta­ry in the Ca­thed­ral, in 1859.

• Julian, pp. 907-8

1. Das ist der Ge­meine Stärke
   • Hark, the Church Pro­claims Her Hon­or