Hans Gram

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Grief portrait by Johann Salomon Wahl

Hans Gram (born October 28, 1685 in Bjergby , Jutland , † February 19, 1748 ) was a Danish philologist and historian . He was considered the father of critical historical research in Denmark.

Life

Hans Gram became professor of Greek in 1714 . He was considered a scholar in the subjects of antiquity far beyond the borders of Denmark. In 1722 Gram published his work in several editions "Nucleus latinitatis - quo pleraeque Romani sermonis voces, ex classicis auctoribus aureae argenteaeque aetatis, ordine etymologico adductae et interpretatione vernacula expositae comprehendentur" .

From 1730 to 1748 he was the head of the royal library. On November 13, 1742 he founded with Johan Ludvig von Holstein the by decree of Christian VI. called "Collegium Antiquitatum" into being, which is now the Royal Danish Academy of Sciences ( Det Kongelige Danske Videnskabernes Selskab ). He had his own library with a collection of around 24,000 books and 300 manuscripts; the books were auctioned after his death, the manuscripts received the "Videnskabernes Selskab".

Gram's student was u. a. Jacob Langebek (1710–1775), the later editor of the "Scriptores rerum danicarum".

Additional information

See also

Work edition

  • Hans Gram: Nucleus latinitatis - quo pleraeque Romani sermonis voces, ex classicis auctoribus aureae argenteaeque aetatis, ordine etymologico adductae et interpretatione vernacula expositae comprehendentur , reprinted Reykjavík 1994

Individual references and sources

  1. ↑ http://www2.kb.dk/kb/missingbooks/marks/own_marks_inside.htm Private ownership marks "Hans Gram"
  2. ↑ See text from Danish literature (scientific) . In: Meyers Konversations-Lexikon . 4th edition. Volume 4, Verlag des Bibliographisches Institut, Leipzig / Vienna 1885–1892, p. 525.
  3. ↑ http://www.richardwolf.de/latein/gram.htm
Grief . In: Meyers Konversations-Lexikon . 4th edition. Volume 7, Verlag des Bibliographisches Institut, Leipzig / Vienna 1885–1892, p. 604.
personal data
SURNAME Grief, Hans
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Danish philologist, historian, librarian, scholar
DATE OF BIRTH October 28, 1685
PLACE OF BIRTH Bjergby , Jutland
DATE OF DEATH February 19, 1748