Johann Georg Walch (17 June 1693 – 13 January 1775) was a German Lutheran theologian.
Life
He was born in Meiningen, where his father, Georg Walch, was general superintendent. He studied at Leipzig and Jena, amongst his teachers being J. F. Buddeus, whose only daughter he married. He published in 1716 a work, Historia critica Latinae linguae, which soon came into wide use. Two years later he became professor extraordinarius of philosophy at Jena. In 1719, he was appointed professor ordinarius of rhetoric, in 1721 of poetry, and in 1724 professor extraordinarius of theology. In 1728 he became professor ordinarius of theology, and in 1730 professor primarius.
Publications
His publications include;
- Philosophical Lexicon (1726)
- Historia transsubstantionis Pontificiae (1738)
His sons, Johann Ernst Immanuel and Christian Wilhelm Franz Walch were also noted theologians.