- Caspar Abel
Caspar Abel (
14 July 1676 –11 January 1763 ) was a German theologian, historian and poet.Abel was born in
Hindenburg in der Altmark , the son of a preacher, and gained his theological education inBraunschweig and Helmstedt. In 1696 he became rector inOsterburg , in 1698 at the "Johannisschule" inHalberstadt . In 1718 he became preacher inWestdorf nearAschersleben where he died in 1763.Note: From 1748 to 1764 he was assisted by Johann Gottfried Bürger, the father of poet
Gottfried August Bürger .Publications
* historical works::* "Preußische und Brandenburgische Reichs- und Staatshistorie", 1710, 2 volumes,
8° :* "Preußische und Brandenburgische Reichs- und Staatsgeographie", 1711, 2 volumes, 8°, additions in 1747.:* "Deutsche und Sächsische Altertümer", 1729-32, 3 volumes, 8°:* "Stift-, Stadt- und Landchronica des Fürstenthums Halberstadt", 1745, 4°* poems::* "Jubelfest des Brandenburgischen Unterthanen", 1700:* "Abbildung eines rechtschaffenen Predigers", 1710
* translations::*
Ovid 's "Heroids", 1704, 1723:*Boileau's satires, 1729-32, 2 volumesources
* "Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie" - at
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Friedrich Gottfried Abel , his son
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