BRUCKER, JOHANN JAKOB German historian of philosophy, born at Augsburg on Jan. 22, 1696, died there on Nov. 26, 1770. He was educated at the University of Jena. In 1723 he became parish minister of Kaufbeuren. In 1731 he was invited to Augsburg as pastor and senior minister of the church of St. Ulrich. His chief work, Historia Critica Plailos ophiae, appeared at Leipzig (5 vols. 1742-44). Owing to its ample collection of material, its success was such that a new edi tion was published in six volumes 0766-67; English trans. by W. Enfield, 1791) . He superintended an edition of Luther's transla tion of the Old and New Testament, with a commentary extracted from the writings of the English theologians (Leipzig, 1758-70, completed by W. A. Teller).