FRITZSCHE, OTTO FRIDOLIN German theologian, was born on Sept. 23, 1812, at Dobrilugk, and studied at Halle. From 1837 to 1893 he was professor of theology at the University of Zurich, where he died on March 9, 1896.
His chief publications were his edition of the Apocrypha of the Old Testament (1871) and his Kurzge f asstes exegetisches Handbuch zu den Apokryphen des Alten Testamentes (6 vols., 1851-6o) . For his other works, including his text editions, see Herzog's Realencyklopiidie.