Daniel Ernst Wagner

Daniel Ernst Wagner (born April 20, 1739 in Danzig ; † before 1810) was a German private scholar, educator and author of historical works.

Life

Wagner first attended the Katharinen- and Marienschule in Danzig and then the Academic Gymnasium . After his father died in 1757, he became housemate of high school professor Gottlieb Wernsdorf , who was at his side in an advisory capacity. He then studied law at the University of Königsberg . After completing his studies, he became a private tutor for the children of General von Sacken in Courland . Then he returned to Danzig, where he worked as a private scholar. Wagner made contributions on Eastern European history to the encyclopedia General World History , which was distributed by the publisher Weidmann in Leipzig.

Works (selection)

• History of Poland . Weidmanns Erben and Reich, Leipzig 1775–1776, three parts:
  • Part I, Leipzig 1775 ( full text ) (915 pages, correction of printing errors for part I )
  • Part II, Leipzig 1776 ( full text ).
    • 1) History of Litthauen up to the unification to form a state body with Poland , pp. 1-182
    • 2) History of Prussia up to the Peace of Thorn and the unification of West Prussia and Poland in 1466 , pp. 183-524
    • 3) History of Eastern Prussia under the rule of the German order , since the same had to recognize the King of Poland for his overlord, up to the transformation of this country into a duchy , pp. 526-766
    • 4) History of Liefland up to the incorporation of this country into the Polish state body , pp. 767-977
  • Part III, Leipzig 1777 ( full text ).
    • 1) History of East Prussia under the suzerainty of the Brandenburg Churhaus , pp. 1-466
    • 2) History of Curland, up to the homage to Ernst Johann and confirmation of the Bironic house in the government of the same , pp. 467-977
• History of the European North, that is the kingdoms of Denmark, Norway and Sweden, as well as the Russian state . Nine parts, Weidmann, Leipzig 1778–1789.
• Stories from the heroic age of German nations . Danzig 1779 ( full text )
• History of the Russian Empire from the most ancient to the most recent . Revised by the editor and continued except for the Peace of Tilsiter. Six volumes:
  • Volume 1, Bauer, Vienna 1810 ( full text )
  • Volume 2, Bauer, Vienna 1810 ( full text )
  • Volume 3, Bauer, Vienna 1810 ( full text )
  • Volume 4, Hamburg 1810 ( full text )
  • Volume 5, Hamburg 1810 ( full text )
  • Volume 6, Hamburg 1810 ( full text )

Individual evidence

1. ^ Johann Friedrich Goldbeck : Litterarian news from Prussia . Part II, Leipzig and Dessau 1783, pp. 105-106.
2. ↑ Christoph Weidlich : Biographical news from the now-living legal scholars in Germany . Part IV, Hall 1785, pp. 252-253.
3. ↑ cf. z. E.g. Allgemeine Weltgeschichte , Volume 74, Vienna 1789 ( full text ).
4. ↑ Martin Peters: Old Reich and Europe - The historian, statistician and publicist August Ludwig (v.) Schlözer (1735-1809) (dissertation, University of Marburg 2000). 2nd edition, Marburg 2005, ISBN 3-8258-6236-4 , pp. 112-113 ( limited preview ).