Johann Andreas Dieze
Johann Andreas Dieze (* 1729 in Leipzig ; † September 25, 1785 in Mainz ) was a German Romance studies and librarian.
In 1763 he was appointed associate professor of philosophy at the University of Göttingen , then he took over the job of a librarian in the University Library of Göttingen and became a board member and member of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen . As Electoral Mainz Councilor he acquired numerous works in Spanish for the library holdings of 1477 established electoral University of Mainz where he later than the first librarian worked. Dieze translated the Spanish literary history by Luis José Velázquez de Velasco (Málaga, 1754) into German and provided it with numerous comments (Göttingen, 1769). This work played an important role for Johann Gottfried Herder and was also read by other German Romantics. He authored and published The Middle and Modern History of Spain and Portugal . He maintained a correspondence with Gotthold Ephraim Lessing , which, however, burned during the siege of Mainz in 1793 .
In 1786, the printing company Societas typographica of the printer Johann Andreas Crass created a monograph of his collection under the name: Directory of the book collection, which Mr. JA Dieze, electoral prince. Mainz. Councilor and public ordinary Teacher, also first librarian, and who left on March 30th and the following afternoon from 4 to 7 o'clock in the house of Lit. F. Nro. 216. next to St. John's Church to be publicly sold to the highest bidder appeared.
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- ↑ Luis José Velázquez de Velasco: History of Spanish Poetry, V. Bossiegel, Göttingen 1769
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Dieze, Johann Andreas |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German Romance scholar and librarian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1729 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Leipzig |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 25, 1785 |
| Place of death | Mainz |