JOHANN FRIEDRICH COTTA (170I-1779), the theologian, was born on March 12, 1701, the son of Johann Georg Cotta (2). After studying theology at Tubingen he began his public career as lecturer in Jena university. He became professor at TUbingen in 1733. In 1736 he removed to the chair of theology in the University of Gottingen. In 1739 he returned as extraordinary professor of theology to his Alma Mater, and died, as chan cellor of Tubingen university, on Dec. 31, 1779. His chief works are his edition of Johann Gerhard's Loci Theologici (1762-77) and the Kirchenhistorie des Neuen Testaments