HARMS, KLAUS (1778-1855), German divine, was born at Fahrstedt, Holstein, on May 25, 1778. He became a fervent Evangelical preacher, first at Lunden (18o6), and then at Kiel (1816) . His best book was Pastoraltlieologie 3 vols.; new ed. 1891-93, 2 vols.). He died on Feb. I, See his autobiography, Harms' Lebenbeschreibung (1851, new ed., 1888).