Johann Gottlob Schmeisser
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For the German mineralogist and traveller, see Johann Gottfried Schmeisser.
Johann Gottlob Schmeisser (22 March 1751 – 21 December 1806) was an Evangelical Lutheran minister who was the second minister of Lunenburg, Nova Scotia and served for 24 years. He arrived during the American Revolution, and, after being in the village for only two months, he was involved in the defense of the town during the Raid on Lunenburg, Nova Scotia (1782).