Johann Eberhard Rau (1695-1770) was a Protestant theologian and professor. He studied at the University of Marburg and was elected a member of the Royal Academy of Sciences in Berlin for his scientific achievements in 1729. He received a professorship at the University of Frankfurt in 1746.
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Otto Friedrich, “Rau, Johann Eberhard”, in: General German Biography (1888), S. 379-380 [Online version]; http://www.deutsche-biographie.de/pnd131494376.html?anchor=adb [accessed 14 April 2017]).
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