Johann Heinrich van Ess, was a German Catholic theologian, born at Warburg, Westphalia.
He was educated at the Dominican order gymnasium of his native town, and in 1790 entered, as a novice, the Benedictine abbey of Marienmunster, in the Bishopric... Wikipedia
Born: February 15, 1772, Warburg, Germany
Died: October 13, 1847 (age 75 years), Wald-Michelbach, Germany